Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-15 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: I assume, then, that magnetic domains and the curie temperature are not > relevant. I'm thinking more along the lines of metal vapor and partially > ionized nickel and iron atoms and particles, which will carry some amount > of electric charge. > Note that as the temperature rises, the

Re: [Vo]:temperature of the resistor wire.

2014-10-15 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:58 PM, Robert Lynn wrote: There is a mountain to climb to convince the world, and they have not > really helped that process. > Agreed. There seems to be consensus that the report is interesting but flawed. It will convince no one concerning the E-Cat who is not alrea

Re: [Vo]:temperature of the resistor wire.

2014-10-15 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Alan Fletcher wrote: Figure 10 from the dummy run shows slight evidence of spiral banding > (orange-ish) from top-left to bottom-right in segments 1-2-3 4-5-6 and > 7-8-9 : but this looks to be a coarser spiral than than the distinct bands > of fig 12. Since w

Re: [Vo]:E-cat : Minimum COP assuming worst mistakes possible

2014-10-15 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:43 PM, David Roberson wrote: It would be a miracle to find that the temperature exactly matched what is > expected according to the Stephan-Boltzman equation. > I get that the preconditions for the Stephan-Boltzman equation were not met, technically, since the device is

Re: [Vo]:Gibbsite

2014-10-15 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:50 PM, wrote: However if it [hydrogen] only acts as a catalyst for neutron transfer > reactions, then nowhere near that > amount would be needed. > My current theory is that the hydrogen plays no role in this particular instance. Perhaps elsewhere, deep in the IH labs,

Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-15 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 1:04 AM, Robert Lynn wrote: Highly doubtful. Above curie temperture of Nickel so no ferromagnetism, > and powder too microscopic hot resistivity too high > I assume, then, that magnetic domains and the curie temperature are not relevant. I'm thinking more along the line

Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-14 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: The following is a bit speculative, but perhaps someone can correct any > misstatements I make -- if there is a magnetic field being created by the > cables coiling around the tube [1], I believe the field would point along > the axis of the tube, creating a theta pinch, even if only mome

Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-14 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Bob Higgins wrote: Why do we think the end caps are so big? Are they part of a lower > temperature insulated mounting system? > The following is a bit speculative, but perhaps someone can correct any misstatements I make -- if there is a magnetic field being cre

Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-14 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Bob Higgins wrote: Why do we think the 3-phase drive is used? > I'm guessing this has to do with an induction mode, perhaps creating a condition not unlike a microwave inside the E-Cat, with electric arcing between the various iron and nickel particles. I assume

[Vo]:post-TIP2 interview with Andrea Rossi

2014-10-14 Thread Eric Walker
See (hear): http://coldfusionnow.org/andrea-rossi-on-3rd-party-report-industrial-heat-1mw-plant-new-interview/ Courtesy of John Maguire and Ruby Carat. Rossi on the report (to paraphrase): the calculation of the COP in the report was very conservative; it's possible that the real COP was higher

Re: [Vo]:neutron transfer reactions

2014-10-13 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: Because these are heavy [25Mg], they will each have the full 1.9 MeV > kinetic energy to be thermalized, which is desirable, but very little > velocity, which is also desirable. > But they'll also be a bit of a chore to knock together. Eric

Re: [Vo]:neutron transfer reactions

2014-10-13 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 10:22 PM, wrote: 25Mg + 25Mg => 26Mg + 24Mg + 3.763 MeV > > Furthermore the energy is divided over two nuclei of almost equal mass, > hence > each gets about half (1.9 MeV), so this could be a very clean reaction. > Because these are heavy, they will each have the full 1.

Re: [Vo]:An expert reviewed and approves of this configuration

2014-10-13 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Axil Axil wrote: There is a boatload of assumption being made about this test that is > detrimental to analysis. > Yup. Eric

Re: [Vo]:An expert reviewed and approves of this configuration

2014-10-13 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Stefan Israelsson Tampe < stefan.ita...@gmail.com> wrote: > IThe is no way in nuclear science to convert the reactants seen in the > way seen. T > > > This is probably true, there might be a dog buried, we need to look in > that direction. > It's not really true.

Re: [Vo]:What's the best current citation for this?

2014-10-13 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 2:25 PM, James Bowery wrote: The Wikipedians must hoard /. moderation points for just such an occasion > as this when they can vote the following comment down to a -1 rating: > There's an ugly trend in forums with reputation systems of downvoting answers that one disagree

Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-12 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 8:43 PM, Robert Lynn wrote: ... eg if Ø20mm outer wall is at 1200°C (approx max given revised COP of > around 2 from temp reading that is obviously in error due to non-melting of > inconel, though could be significantly lower) > I've taken a second look at the TIP report,

Re: [Vo]:Rossi patent status

2014-10-12 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: >From David French: > > http://coldfusionnow.org/status-report-rossi-pending-us-patent-application/ > David French's analyses are great. The clear lesson in this instance: if you're going to try to patent something, enlist the help of a good

Re: [Vo]:If IH/Rossi was so paranoid about his baby..

2014-10-12 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 11:20 AM, ChemE Stewart wrote: The internal oscillating magnetic field may supplying ... arcing > The "arcing" part -- this is what I'm betting on. That may be all that is needed to sustain the reaction. Eric

Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-12 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: An observer there for the opening reported no such refractory shell (though >> might be under NDA). >> > > Can you elaborate on this detail? Is it a CMNS thing? > I'm strongly inclined to think there's an inner cylinder that slides within the body of the reactor. Otherwise the diamond

Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-12 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 9:52 AM, Robert Lynn wrote: > Apart from the fact that the 'glue' would have residual porosity that > would probably help vent all hydrogen at high temp that is pretty strong > indicator that there is no refractory metal shell in there to prevent > leakage if that is a bi

Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-12 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 2:39 AM, Robert Lynn wrote: > This reactor is mostly nickel droplets in lithium gas (the hydrogen will > all diffuse away through porous sintered alumina rapidly at such high > temperatures, but perhaps is useful to create reducing conditions > initially). > The report t

Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-12 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Robert Lynn wrote: There is also a mistake in their discussion for these figures, the metal > resistors within the reactor would necessarily have to be hotter than the > reactor itself if they are to be able to output heat into the reactor. > Overall very interes

Re: [Vo]:Engineering and materials issues with high temperature hot-cat Lugano demo

2014-10-12 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 8:17 AM, Jones Beene wrote: If the camera had been calibrated to 1400 C instead of 500 C it would have > shown the same ~3.5 OU on the dummy load as was later seen on the active > load! If this is true, it should be easy enough for someone to arrange a demo of the phenom

Re: Isotope conversion completeness, was RE: [Vo]:Pomp weighs in

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Jones Beene wrote: Why is the Ni62 nearly pure? The reaction was stopped for reasons which were > pre-planned, and not related to a depletion of reactants. They made this > clear. > There was an earlier thread about the possibility of "burn-in," where early in th

Re: [Vo]:About Goat Guy theory of Alumina transparency and emissivity change on E-cat test

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 4:24 AM, Alain Sepeda wrote: no stage magic possible on that. > If it is stage magic, Rossi deserves the Nobel Price in magic. Eric

Re: [Vo]:Magnus Olofsson , CEO Elfors

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:14 PM, wrote: 29Si+58Ni => 59Ni + 28Si + 0.526 MeV > 29Si+59Ni => 60Ni + 28Si + 2.914 MeV > Regarding this and the emails that follow -- very interesting. It seems that there's a whole slew of possible neutron stripping reactions available, with different characteristi

Re: [Vo]:About Goat Guy theory of Alumina transparency and emissivity change on E-ca test

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 9:48 AM, ChemE Stewart wrote: Especially if they switch to a pulse mode where they are not really heating > directly anymore, the pulses are working like an induction stovetop On page 6 there's a photo of the power and harmonic analyzer. I don't know how to read these,

Re: [Vo]:About Goat Guy theory of Alumina transparency and emissivity change on E-ca test

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 9:48 AM, ChemE Stewart wrote: Especially if they switch to a pulse mode where they are not really heating > directly anymore, the pulses are working like an induction stovetop where > the quickly changing magnetic fields are inducing arcs/currents in the > "secret sauce"

Re: [Vo]:About Goat Guy theory of Alumina transparency and emissivity change on E-ca test

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Axil Axil wrote: Page 25: > The resistors appear to glow intensely in the parts lying outside the > caps, whereas inside the reactor body they seem to shade an underlying > emission of light. > What this sentence says to me is that the team assumed that the two w

Re: [Vo]:About Goat Guy theory of Alumina transparency and emissivity change on E-ca test

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Axil Axil wrote: You can see the dark wires as clear as day. > Yes. And now where does it say in the report that the team conducting the trial determined that current was flowing through them? Eric

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Jones Beene wrote: Next let’s say the bulb presented is frosted, and you are naïve and do not > know that it contains a hot filament - but I use the camera to focus on an > area of the bulb’s exterior, where from prior experience, I know that the > filament radiat

Re: [Vo]:Pomp weighs in

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Robert Lynn wrote: > > more magic involved? fusion + fission transmutations that release copious > neutrinos with no gammas, betas, neutrons or alphas? > Apart from a few suggestions here and there, the main reactions that have been considered in the isotope threa

Re: [Vo]:Pomp weighs in

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > > > Sorry – but this reactor is made of alumina – which is a proton conductor. > Beta alumina is among the best proton conducting ceramics but you would > never use any form of alumina if you wanted to retain a supply of hydrogen > after startu

Re: [Vo]:Pomp weighs in

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:52 PM, David Roberson wrote: I may have missed the paragraph that stated the amount of material that was > taken from within the reactor as ash. Did they recover approximately the > same amount as was put in? > Approximately 1 gram of fuel was added at the start of the

Re: [Vo]:Pomp weighs in

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Robert Lynn wrote: > > >- The uniformity of the Ni ash concerns me, the burn mechanism somehow >converts all natural Ni isotopes (smaller and larger!! so fusion and >fission in evidence) to Ni62, but with miraculously no radioactive isotopes >produce

Re: [Vo]:About Goat Guy theory of Alumina transparency and emissivity change on E-ca test

2014-10-11 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 12:15 AM, Axil Axil wrote: The dark wire is thinner than the bright shadows so I think that the wire > is casting the shadow. > Maybe. Do you have a closeup that you're looking at? The details in the image I see in the writeup are hard to make out. The dark lines could

Re: [Vo]:About Goat Guy theory of Alumina transparency and emissivity change on E-ca test

2014-10-10 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Alan Fletcher wrote: The "shadows" of the wires in figs 12 are problematic ... but we don't have > enough information to figure out if they are actually the result of light, > or if they represent zones of different thermal conductivity, as in the > first independ

Re: [Vo]:Nasa scientist endorses report

2014-10-10 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Brad Lowe wrote: If it were a clear COP of 3, it should be pretty easy to "heat a tub of > water" or do some kind of obvious work. > This is the most frustrating part of following the E-Cat story. In several years of watching, I have yet to see unequivocal calo

Re: [Vo]:Table 1 Appendix 3

2014-10-10 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Jones Beene wrote: This analysis is open to interpretation of course, since it is based on > ratios and they state that various particles vary from place to place. It would be risky to try to compare specific counts of specific isotopes on different grains, befo

Re: [Vo]:A bombshell of a different type?

2014-10-10 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Axil Axil wrote: At 1400C all atoms are either ionized or in dipole vibrations. There is an > electron plasma formed from which polaritons are then formed from electron > shielded infrared photons, > Sometimes I wonder whether there's a correlation between the q

Re: [Vo]:A bombshell of a different type?

2014-10-10 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 12:58 AM, frobertcook wrote: The question remains, what is the mechanism that transfers mass energy to > thermal energy at Mev levels without gammas? > As you allude, gammas were not seen in this test run. That leads me to adopt Robin's hypothesis, that it was lithium th

Re: [Vo]:Rossi comments on duration of test

2014-10-10 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:29 PM, wrote: ...but note that energy is required to remove the neutron from the source > isotope, so a lot of those 2965 isotopes will be useless, depending on > which > isotope supplies the neutrons. > Yes, this is true. I forgot to mention that the reactions were de

Re: [Vo]:A bombshell of a different type?

2014-10-09 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 11:33 PM, Axil Axil wrote: Do you remember all the internet ink was used to debate the copper ash in > the nickel powder; now all that is for naught. > Yes, and thankfully so. Ni(p,ɣ)Cu can go away and die a peaceful death. (Not to say that it doesn't happen in small qua

Re: [Vo]:Rossi comments on duration of test

2014-10-09 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 3:11 PM, wrote: I also suspect that he originally used D iso Li, but changed to Li when he > found > that D produces protons that are too energetic and produce too much > secondary > radiation. > Another astute observation. To elaborate on what might have happened with th

Re: [Vo]:A bombshell of a different type?

2014-10-09 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:21 PM, wrote: Li7 + Ni58 => Ni59 + Li6 + 1.75 MeV > Li7 + Ni59 => Ni60 + Li6 + 4.14 MeV > Li7 + Ni60 => Ni61 + Li6 + 0.57 MeV > Li7 + Ni61 => Ni62 + Li6 + 3.34 MeV > Li7 + Ni62 => Ni63 + Li6 - 0.41 MeV (Endothermic!) > > This series stops at Ni62, hence all isotopes of Ni

Re: [Vo]:Intermediate products of isotope shifting reaction appear to be absent

2014-10-09 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:02 PM, Robert Ellefson wrote: Given that the ash sample was taken at an arbitrarily-defined time point > ... then I believe this indicates that the reaction is a cyclic one, which > decays to the measured ash isotope ratios while the reaction is stopping. > This is an in

Re: [Vo]:Pomp weighs in

2014-10-09 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:44 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: This is wonderfully simple calorimetry. The easiest I have seen in cold > fusion. If you cannot understand this, you cannot understand any > experiment, and you know nothing about this subject. > To be honest, the calorimetry left some things t

Re: [Vo]:Zirconia?

2014-10-09 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 5:19 AM, Jack Cole wrote: Perhaps it could be more than just housing the nanoparticles because of the > very strong electrostatic field created within the zeolite cavities and the > oscillation of the cavity. > I think of Iraj Parchamazad whenever the topic if zeolites com

Re: [Vo]:motls chimes in

2014-10-09 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 3:14 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: Motl actually said that! Amazing. Quote: > One encouraging thing -- Motl, Yugo, etc., appear to be a little on the defensive. Eric

Re: [Vo]:Magnus Olofsson , CEO Elfors

2014-10-09 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 8:04 PM, Axil Axil wrote: Lithium is not unique. How does a family of element doing the secret sauce > function fit into your new theories? > Neutron stripping. :) Eric

Re: [Vo]:X-rays, IR, RF & the Rossi effect

2014-10-09 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: In recent months my bet has been on transmutation from one isotope of > nickel to another, but I will need to read the report to see how I continue > to feel about that. > I just read over the report, and I feel greatly confirmed in the hypothesis that neutron stripping of deuterium is o

Re: [Vo]:X-rays, IR, RF & the Rossi effect

2014-10-08 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 11:50 PM, Axil Axil wrote: Its entirely conceivable that if the nickel micro particles are spaced far > enough apart, then no transmutation from nickel to copper will be seen. > Personally, I haven't found transmutation from nickel to copper credible for several weeks. In

Re: [Vo]:E-Cat Report Leaked- Sweden

2014-10-08 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Bob Higgins wrote: The report cites the fuel as a combination of LiAlH4 and Ni + Fe. It > appears the Ni is treated with an Fe catalyst as I surmised - this is the > powder I have been working with. The LiAlH4 means that Rossi is using a > hydride supplying only

Re: [Vo]:E-Cat Report Leaked- Sweden

2014-10-08 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: This was not "leaked." Essen gave a copy to someone who uploaded it with > permission. (I think it was Mats Lewan.) This has been submitted to arXiv > but it has been delayed for unknown reasons. > Physics has fallen into a low estate if this g

Re: [Vo]:X-rays, IR, RF & the Rossi effect

2014-10-07 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: Apart from noise in measurements, such a discrepancy might be due to > natural variation in the isotopic composition of nickel; to a reaction > eating away some of the 61Ni and 64Ni; or to Rossi's using a preparation > that is somehow depleted in these specific isotopes. > I think the "d

Re: [Vo]:Who is Bill Nichols

2014-10-07 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 3:21 AM, frobertcook wrote: See item 36 for the comments. > Akso note earlier comments of both Nichols and Rossi. > Hi Bob -- is there a link you can share to the specific comments? Eric

Re: [Vo]:Zirconia?

2014-10-07 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 8:01 AM, Bob Higgins wrote: Zirconia would not, itself, be a catalyst. I specifically mentioned > zirconium - the metal. > I thought your description of how you're using zirconium was interesting. My comments related to the way George Miley is using it, in an article Jone

Re: [Vo]:X-rays, IR, RF & the Rossi effect

2014-10-06 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 2:08 PM, Jones Beene wrote: http://newenergytimes.com/v2/sr/RossiECat/docs/20121204Kullander-Ni-Isotopes-LIG1204121.pdf > It is not the one from Kullander that I am looking for but it mentions > some of the same details. I see that this analysis was carried out in 2012.

Re: [Vo]:Zirconia?

2014-10-06 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Jones Beene wrote: Miley's zirconia reactor came to mind since Bob mentioned zirconia at the > same time I was writing a piece on perovskites. Does anyone know where George Miley's recent engine project is at? I noticed a patent in the article which I had not se

Re: [Vo]:X-rays, IR, RF & the Rossi effect

2014-10-05 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Oct 5, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Jones Beene wrote: Actually – if you remember from TP1, the Swedes did test the powder with > XRF. ... They did not report any UV signature. They should have if Mills > reaction is involved as you seem to be suggesting. Personally, I would not suggest that Mills'

Re: [Vo]:X-rays, IR, RF & the Rossi effect

2014-10-04 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Jones Beene wrote: The ironic thing about the Rossi effect ... is that the radiation > band which is apparently absent for Rossi is ultraviolet - UV and EUV. X-rays below ~ 10 keV will be stopped by a simple metal casing. EUV will be stopped by much less. I th

Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Rossi Report will come, old paradigm will depart

2014-10-03 Thread Eric Walker
> On Oct 3, 2014, at 7:28, "hohlr...@gmail.com" wrote: > > Isn't that the same as fully ionized H? The ionized electrons have to go somewhere when they're stripped from the H. Eric

Re: [Vo]:Re: [Vo]:Rossi Report will come, old paradigm will depart

2014-10-03 Thread Eric Walker
> On Oct 3, 2014, at 7:28, "hohlr...@gmail.com" wrote: > > Isn't that the same as fully ionized H? > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Fartphone > > ----- Reply message - > From: "Eric Walker" > To: > Subject: [Vo]:Rossi

Re: [Vo]:Off Topic: "Flu" Season

2014-10-03 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: Apparently the apartment has not yet been disinfected, because Texas is > having trouble finding a contractor to do the work. ... > Some more interesting details from the article I forgot to link to [1]: - The number of ~ 100 people who may have come into contact with the fellow w

Re: [Vo]:Off Topic: "Flu" Season

2014-10-03 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: There was this relevant detail in an NYT story about the man with Ebola who > flew into Dallas: ... > To update the number of people who may have come into contact with the fellow from West Africa with Ebola who flew into Dallas, it appears we're talking about ~ 100 people rather than 12

Re: [Vo]:Rossi Report will come, old paradigm will depart

2014-10-02 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: I predict a CoP of 2.6 and that the reactor accumulates a high > positive charge even to the point of occasionally arcing to it's > frame. (Actually, the arc path is from the frame to the reactor.) > Just curious -- why the accumulation of po

Re: [Vo]:Rossi Report will come, old paradigm will depart

2014-10-02 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Jones Beene wrote: John – if COP of 6-10 is seen over an extended time period, much of the > mainstream physics community will go into full apoplectic and anaphylactic > shock. It may never recover from the embarrassment. Personally, I doubt that even if this rep

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-10-02 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:17 AM, frobertcook wrote: I like the idea of excited He as an intermediate. > I recall reading that 4He does not have a bound excited nuclear state, although it may have a resonance for a very brief period of time. Eric

Re: [Vo]:Off Topic: "Flu" Season

2014-10-01 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:57 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/02/world/africa/ebola-spreading-in-west-africa.html > There was this relevant detail in an NYT story about the man with Ebola who flew into Dallas: Officials said Wednesday that they believed Mr. Duncan came into

Re: [Vo]:Gamma fractionalization and the DDL via Quantum dots

2014-10-01 Thread Eric Walker
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 8:07 AM, Bob Higgins wrote: Hydrinos would probably need 50eV in an inelastic collision to re-inflate, > and Df/H would need something like 500keV. > Yes, this occurred to me, too. It will no doubt depend upon the population of hydrinos and how far shrunken they are. In

Re: [Vo]:Gamma fractionalization and the DDL via Quantum dots

2014-09-30 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: In Rossi's own 2010 patent, he states that the lead (and boron) shield is > there to protect from harmful radiation: "In particular, the inventive > apparatus is coated by boron layers and lead plates both for restraining > noxious radiations and transforming them into energy, without ge

Re: [Vo]:Gamma fractionalization and the DDL via Quantum dots

2014-09-30 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Axil Axil wrote: Why would Rossi enclose his reactor in LEAD if no gamma's were ever seen? > In Rossi's own 2010 patent, he states that the lead (and boron) shield is there to protect from harmful radiation: "In particular, the inventive apparatus is coated by

Re: [Vo]:Gamma fractionalization and the DDL via Quantum dots

2014-09-30 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 8:26 PM, wrote: I have previously suggested that a dense cluster might also absorb the > energy in > the form of kinetic energy distributed among thousands of densely clustered > atoms. I see that Robin and Jones were talking about hydrino reinflation yesterday, so my ob

Re: Nuclear bucket brigade - was Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-30 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: Think of the proton that is part of the deuteron and the nickel nucleus as > extremely powerful, oppositely magnetized metal spheres. > I didn't say that very well. They're like two magnets with the same poles facing each other (these magnets are monopoles, so there's no other pole to a

Re: Nuclear bucket brigade - was Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-30 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 9:25 PM, H Veeder wrote: When the deuterium nucleus gets close enough to connect with the second > Nickel nucleus it gives up its neutron to that nickel nucleus. > I think you're going to need a powerful force to make this part happen. Think of the proton that is part of

Re: [Vo]:Properties of ubiquitous DDL state H?

2014-09-30 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > The electrons of f/H are tightly bound, but effectively shield the strong > force so it does not come into play. I believe leptons are transparent to the strong interaction and so will provide precious little shielding against it. Eric

Re: [Vo]:Properties of ubiquitous DDL state H?

2014-09-30 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: This possibility of a large interaction cross section ... > It occurs to me that f/H will necessarily undergo collisions just like any other species (including neutrons). Presumably that kinetic energy will occasionally be passed on in inelastic collisions and reinflate the erstwhile ep

Re: [Vo]:Properties of ubiquitous DDL state H?

2014-09-30 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Bob Higgins wrote: You might compare Df/H to a gas of stable neutrons. If stable neutrons > could exist, they would cause spontaneous isotopic shifts from thermal > collisions with atoms. > In thought experiments, this is how I think of f/H -- as somewhat larger

Re: [Vo]:Off Topic: "Flu" Season

2014-09-30 Thread Eric Walker
On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 7:46 PM, wrote: The problem is not what happens to an infected person once they go to > hospital. ... > I see two additional potential problems: - A strain eventually develops that becomes airborne. Perhaps not with this outbreak, but in the next 10-20 years, say.

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-29 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 2:54 PM, wrote: If it happened nobody would notice. > Yes. I think it would be indistinguishable from an elastic collision (if the two situations are different). Eric

Re: [Vo]:Rossi asks for patent reconsideration extension

2014-09-28 Thread Eric Walker
>From the perspective of IP strategy, Rossi was in a catch-22 in 2010. If he fully disclosed in a patent application, he risked having the application denied while simultaneously letting his trade secrets out into the wild, where others could copy him without his having legal protection. In light

Re: [Vo]:Rossi asks for patent reconsideration extension

2014-09-27 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Sep 27, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Patrick Ellul wrote: http://www.cobraf.com/forum/immagini/R_123564999_3.pdf > In this document an intellectual property law firm requests on Rossi's behalf reconsideration of his September 2010 US patent application, making several amendments. The 2010 applicati

Re: [Vo]:Four Ways to View the Multiverse

2014-09-27 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Axil Axil wrote: And Mills may be correct when it comes to his belief in determinism. QM > could have been wrong for 100 years. The pilot wave theory might have been > dropped way too quickly. > I've always had feeling that the Copenhagen interpretation involves

Re: [Vo]:Who is Steve Jones

2014-09-23 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: Even if a scientist erroneously disavows discovering a specific phenomenon > like LENR, I suppose, this is not necessarily to say that history books > won't recognize whatever role he played later on. > Just to clarify -- the above is a hypothetical. Even if what Steven Jones was seeing

Re: [Vo]:Who is Steve Jones

2014-09-23 Thread Eric Walker
This looks like it was an effort to establish priority over the discovery. The matter of priority regarding cold fusion was a big concern in 1989 and 1990. It is interesting that what Steven Jones and what Pons and Fleischmann believed they were seeing and reported in their measurements were diffe

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-22 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 10:33 PM, wrote: ...but wouldn't you expect 1/2 to fly away from the surface, and half to fly > into it? > I would expect there to be an anisotropy. As I envision it, there's an electric arc pulling a mass of protons into a recess. For a fraction of a moment, the pressu

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-22 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 8:01 PM, wrote: I would still be inclined to consider reactions that produce heavy charged > particles. The heavier and slower, the better. E.g. fusion/fission > reactions. The reactions I've been looking at recently have charged particles as daughters as well. But the

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-22 Thread Eric Walker
On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Axil Axil wrote: If you look at the ICCF-18 transmutation study of nickel and palladium > study by Cook, you will see that Mizuno shows the same isotopic shifts in > nickel that DGT shows. Ni61 does not participate in the reaction but all > other isotopes of nicke

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-21 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 9:42 AM, Jones Beene wrote: If you look in the archives, “stripping” was favored by me for many years, > and I first introduced it here - but opinions change. The first reference I saw to the OP process was from a thread between you and Abd Lomax, in 2010, in which you a

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-21 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 8:35 AM, Jones Beene wrote: The strong force is so much stronger than electrical repulsion, that any > small effect can make a difference at close range. If the possible Coulomb shielding effect from the neutron works at the same range as the strong force (i.e., is quite

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-21 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Jones Beene wrote: Secondly, and most importantly - the neutron of the deuteron offers Coulomb > shielding. Can you elaborate on this? I would have expected the neutron to be more or less invisible, as far as the Coulomb field is concerned. Eric

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-20 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 4:30 PM, Axil Axil wrote: This hang-up on neutrons and 4He is due to this irresistible indoctrination > from old time nuclear physics. Rossi states that he has never seen a > neutron. 4He is just as likely to transmute as any other element. 4He has > no special status in L

Re: [Vo]:3D printed car

2014-09-20 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson < orionwo...@charter.net> wrote: > Hopefully economies of scale will eventually lower the entry level price > to around $10k. That would give the Smart Car a run for its money. > Even 10k dollars feels steep for a car that was m

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-20 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Jones Beene wrote: This elegant possibility of a gainful reaction in which stable nickel > converts to stable nickel, giving up energy, is why my prediction for the > Mizuno presentation in November is to suggest that they will see a relative > decrease in Ni58 an

Re: [Vo]:Mizuno, Rossi & copper transmutation

2014-09-20 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Sep 20, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Jones Beene wrote: However, all reactions of nickel with a proton result in a > radioactive isotope with a half-life which is long enough for it to have > been seen. This kind of hot isotope is not reported in any study of the > Rossi reactor - but his proponents

Re: [Vo]:A Stake in the Heart - a stunning revelation

2014-09-19 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Foks0904 . wrote: Jones is now just trying to save face (pointlessly so) ... > This would be quite difficult to do at this point. Eric

Re: [Vo]:gossip from "Paul", at E-Cat world

2014-09-18 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 7:36 AM, Foks0904 . wrote: ... whatever is producing the tritium has got to be a strange reaction > pathway as well, because its certainly not commensurate with the excess > heat either. > I'm wondering whether tritium might occur through reactions such as the following:

Re: [Vo]:gossip from "Paul", at E-Cat world

2014-09-18 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 7:18 AM, Bob Cook wrote: However, they also saw what they called cold fusion--LENR--reactions that > produced no gammas and apparently fused D-D to helium with a 24 Mev > distribution of energy. > The discussion of a possible dd reaction (reaction 5, on slide 50), is a h

Re: [Vo]:Is Rossi Vindicated by the Goldilocks nature of LENR in his choice of an Edisonian approach?

2014-09-18 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Axil Axil wrote: Good question. We put boron just for safety, as Prof. Focardi teached to > me. Kind of just in case… I'm going to guess that they have boron to shield from spallation neutrons resulting from this reaction: p + d → 2p + n This would be an a

[Vo]:gossip from "Paul", at E-Cat world

2014-09-17 Thread Eric Walker
Speaking of grasping for every little straw, there was an interesting post at E-Cat World: http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/09/17/e-cat-rumor-from-a/ Congratulations go to Frank Acland for making this an indispensable site for news. Eric

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