In reply to David Roberson's message of Tue, 5 Jun 2012 18:38:46 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] >A neutron of course would behave in this manner, but so would a hydrino that >is of low energy. One problem that needs to be understood is that Rossi >insists that copper is his only transformed element and that would suggest >that a proton is driven into the nickel nucleus and not an electron-proton >pair.
Mills Hydrino may not get small enough to decrease the tunneling time for Ni, to a sufficiently noticeable degree, however in my version, the Hydrino can shrink to just a few fm, allowing it to come within range of the nuclear force, hence effectively bypassing the Coulomb barrier altogether. In Horace's theory, the electron actually enters the nucleus along with the proton. In my version, the electron may also momentarily get "sucked in" along with the proton, then immediately ejected via an Internal Conversion reaction, carrying the energy of the fusion reaction with it. This would produce fast electrons, about 1% of which would produce x-rays, some of which would be hard (hence the need for Pb shielding in Rossi's reactor). As for Copper being the only product, even Rossi himself admits that a thorough metals analysis is required to settle this issue (see his post about 40 hours @ 600 ºC). BTW the Hydrino concept in general implies that some portion of the energy comes from Hydrino shrinkage. What that percentage might be is yet to be determined, although based on the lack of external radiation, one might guess that it is large, and that consequently the nuclear reactions are in fact only supplying a small portion. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
