Robin, you need to acknowledge what actually is observed rather than
what you think should happen. We are witnessing a novel process that
has several basic characteristics, which are:
1. Hydrogen isotopes can come together in a material to make a fusion
product without emitting the nuclear energy as energetic particles.
2. When the isotopes are d, the nuclear product is 4He.
3. When the isotopes are a mixture of H and D, the nuclear product is
tritium.
4. When the isotopes are H, the nuclear product is still unknown.
5. When the conditions are suitable for these fusion reactions to
occur, the hydrogen isotope can add to a heavy nucleus to cause
transmutation without emission of energetic particles.
All of these reactions require a very unique condition that is able to
overcome the Coulomb barrier without application of energy and release
the nuclear energy in small units. This result is in direct contrast
to the hot fusion process.
You need to ask what process can cause these observed results. Of
course, NO process can be imagined that could not be rejected for some
reason. That is why the claims are not generally accepted.
Nevertheless, the behavior has now been well established as real and
needs to be explained. Present attempts either ignore most observed
behavior or use unsupported assumptions and reach conclusions that can
not be tested. Consequently, discussing these ideas is a waste of
time. Nevertheless, the process needs to be explained.
I have proposed a process that is consistent with ALL the observed
behavior. I know this because I have actually read most of the
published literature. In addition, I predict behavior that is
expected and can be tested. I can also describe exactly how the e-Cat
works based on the model and how it can be improved. I will discuss
this at ICCF-18. Nevertheless, I find very little interest exists in
discussing these ideas here and great difficultly even getting them
published in conventional journals. Consequently, I have not shown all
the evidence or the details of the process. Instead, I have decided
to use my time testing the ideas. If the tests are successful, then we
can talk again.
Ed
On Jun 17, 2013, at 8:35 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:41:09 -0700:
Hi,
[snip]
Eric, why do you ignore the obvious reaction of D-e-H = tritium?
This is
the ONLY reaction consistent with all observations.
The ONLY way this reaction will happen is if the electron first
combines with
one of the two nuclei to form either one or two neutrons which then
combine(s)
with the other nucleus to form T (WL IOW). A concurrent fusion of
all three
particles will lead to 3He not T, because the reaction to 3He is a
strong force
reaction, and happens "instantaneously", whereas the reaction to T
would be a
weak force reaction if it happened at all, which it doesn't because
the reverse
weak force reaction is what happens in nature (i.e. T decays the He3).
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
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