In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 12 Jun 2017 13:21:41 -0700: Hi, [snip] >It should be noted that several researchers are convinced that the >silver addition is also a reactant in some undefined nuclear way. Both >palladium, silver and nickel are catalysts for the Mills version of >dense hydrogen/deuterium - and that is not likely to coincidental. > The odd numbered elements tend to be less stable than even numbered elements, because they have an unpaired proton. That's why you see the odd numbered elements usually only having one or two stable isotopes. It also makes them prime candidates for a reaction where a proton is added and an alpha particle is ejected, because both the alpha & the remaining nucleus are both even numbered, and hence quite stable.
Silver is element number 47, and hence odd, so the reactions:- 1H+107Ag => 104Pd + 4He + 5.852 MeV & 1H+109Ag => 106Pd + 4He + 6.043 MeV may well be "easy". (...and the Pd is worth more than the Ag too, bonus point!) By the same reasoning I would expect Cu to work too. However in order for such a reaction to occur it may be necessary for there to be plenty of atomic H on hand, which in turn implies that they are most likely to occur when the Ag/Cu is in the presence of a spillover catalyst, such as Pd or Ni. Nano particle Cu/Ni alloy might be an interesting place to start, or a thorough mixture of Cu & Ni nano particles. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
