In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 21 Jun 2022 23:44:38 +0000 (UTC): Hi Jones,
AFAIK the only Thorium isotope found in Nature is Th232, which is both an even numbered element, and an even numbered isotope, so has no magnetic moment, hence I suspect there are no Larmor table entries for it. IOW it doesn't preces in a magnetic field, because all the protons are paired, as are all the neutrons, so their magnetic fields all "cancel out" - "technical term" ;^). U235 OTOH does, and has gyromagnetic (magnetogyric) ratio of -0.4926e7 radians/Tesla/sec. BTW, if you can get U235 to fission, you get about 200 MeV / atom. If all you can trigger is alpha decay, then you get about 4-5 MeV / atom, for the original nucleus, plus about another 4-5 MeV for any alpha decays of daughter nuclei that you can trigger. > > > Robin wrote: > > BTW do you have the Larmor tables for thorium in a weak field? My tables will > not open. >Thorium would be a better choice than U and is available online. I suspect >that in a weak field the NMR resonance is going to be in the tens of MHz. >Essentially this means that the Celani effort was inefficient at least in the >context of Brown. It begs to be redone using simple RF input. > >Too bad Paul Brown had such a ridiculous passion for hot rod racing. > > > > >In reply to Jones Beene's message of Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:35:12 +0000 (UTC):Hi, >[snip] > >If someone wants to see if this works, there is a small amount of Uranium in >granite. You could try it with a granite >block, to see if you detect an anomaly. The magnetic field should pass >straight through the granite. >Beware however that you may be exposing yourself to elevated levels of gamma >radiation, so a Geiger counter is >definitely a must have. > > >> Brown was not a fraud - but not shown to be correct either. He had support >> from experts and his detractors were often part of the "nuclear >> establishment" where billions were/are at stake. >> >>As for the tech - NMR is used all the time in other fields and that >>technology could be related to Brown's claims - and not too much of a >>stretch, since nuclear interaction is at play. The target nuclei are already >>wildly unstable. Larmor resonance could push some of them into decay - who >>knows? Maybe it is time for a relook, >> >>IOW the Brown claims may make sense on paper but proof or even a strong >>showing - is lacking. >> >>There was a marginally related unproved claim of radioactivity remediation >>(of thorium) - which is essentially what the so-called "Cincinnati group" was >>promoting - along with the same suspicious back story >>... in the end... Follow the buck... >> >> >> >> Chris Zell wrote: >>Could someone explain the mystery of his radioactive battery was all about? >>,,, Standard physics insists there is no way, no how to any convenient >>triggering of radioactive decay. Heat, shock, chemistry whatever. Yet he >>claimed otherwise through some sort of resonance. >> >>So was Brown a fraud? >> >> >> >>https://www.autoweek.com/news/a2114036/strange-life-and-stranger-death-paul-brown-case-another-smart-guy-doing-dumb-thing/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>Terry Blanton wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>Paul envisioned his Nucell Resonant Nuclear Battery helping solve climate >>change in 1989. >> >> >> >>http://www.rexresearch.com/nucell/nucell.htm >> >> >> >>CAUTION: This message was sent from outside the Nexstar organization. Please >>do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender. >> >If no one clicked on ads companies would stop paying for them. :) > > If no one clicked on ads companies would stop paying for them. :)
