In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 30 Nov 2021 19:32:23 +0000 (UTC): Hi,
If I understand this correctly, the reaction of K40 + e- => Ar40 should yield about 2.5 MeV. However I suspect that most of the energy would be carried away, never to be seen again, by the neutrino. >An accelerated weak-force interaction - as odd as this possibility may sound - >could be of interest to those trying to find and optimize what is in fact >"real" nuclear energy - but which may have been classified as LENR or Millsean >- formerly. > >This is rather ironic but the radioactive isotope of potassium, 40 K, has been >tossed around for decades as being a prime hidden candidate for accelerated >decay (assuming such is possible) and "free" energy. It does turn up >prominently in experiments where energy gain is claimed. Curiously the patent >in question does not mention the weak force or accelerated decay of potassium. >Nor does it mention the Mills connection but it does supply some interesting >thinking about a procedure to implement EC. Too bad that the IP (apparently) >went nowhere. > >?BTW - Excess energy of 40K potassium is 33.5 MeV per nucleon but the natural >abundance of the rare isotope is only one part in 10,000 in natural ore, so >the potential energy available - if it were not for the long half-life, is >about a pound of KOH as the equal of a ton of coal. Not bad especially if that >excess energy could be used to spit water, which is the interesting thing >about lye - it has always been known to be the best electrolyte available. > >One idea for ultra efficient electrolysis would be to use RF instead of DC at >the NMR frequency (a few MHz dependent on an applied magnetic field). > >The title of the expired patent is "Electron capture by Magnetic Resonance" >Inventor Edwin Bondoc WO2003019219A1 (originally in French) Note- this is >about generalized electron capture; > >https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2003019219A1/en?oq=WO2003019219A1 Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <mixent...@aussiebroadband.com.au>
