[Vo]:Anomalous Hg isotopes in CFLs

2013-02-28 Thread pagnucco
An anomalous isotopic profile of mercury is found in CFL light bulbs that have been running for many hours - probably due to differential absorption into the bulb glass. However, LENR researchers have reported transmutations in electrical discharges, so maybe it is reasonable to run some

RE: [Vo]:Anomalous Hg isotopes in CFLs

2013-02-28 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: pagnu...@htdconnect.com An anomalous isotopic profile of mercury is found in CFL light bulbs that have been running for many hours - probably due to differential absorption into the bulb glass. This is most interesting - and there may be other interpretations

Re: [Vo]:Anomalous Hg isotopes in CFLs

2013-02-28 Thread mixent
In reply to pagnu...@htdconnect.com's message of Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:55:35 -0500 (EST): Hi, [snip] ...or in tubes where a small amount of water or Hydrogen has been introduced. ;) An anomalous isotopic profile of mercury is found in CFL light bulbs that have been running for many hours -

Re: [Vo]:Anomalous Hg isotopes in CFLs

2013-02-28 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:25:35 -0800: Hi, [snip] There is a graph (in the abstract) which seems to indicate that one isotope is the main source of the anomaly, and two others participate. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es303940p?source=cen What happened to

Re: [Vo]:Anomalous Hg isotopes in CFLs

2013-02-28 Thread pagnucco
Robin, 198Hg is used as the frame of reference - isotopic measurements in this paper are ratios w.r.t. 198Hg. -- Lou Pagnucco mixent wrote: In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:25:35 -0800: Hi, [snip] There is a graph (in the abstract) which seems to indicate that one

RE: [Vo]:Anomalous Hg isotopes in CFLs

2013-02-28 Thread pagnucco
Jones, I have a copy of the paper. The reasons for the isotopic distributions are conjectured to be due to mobilities of different isotopes, but the authors conclusions are quite tentative. Having perused it, I am confused by some of their data. For example, Table-1 (on page-B) appears to show

RE: [Vo]:Anomalous Hg isotopes in CFLs

2013-02-28 Thread Jones Beene
Lou, If you are in touch with the authors - why not suggest that they test for isotopes ratios of CFL bulbs which have been run in a strong magnetic field, against an identical set, for which they already have data. The magnetic field can be from permanent magnets, such as the large ferrite

Re: [Vo]:Anomalous Hg isotopes in CFLs

2013-02-28 Thread mixent
In reply to pagnu...@htdconnect.com's message of Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:14:51 -0500 (EST): Thanks Lou. :) [snip] Robin, 198Hg is used as the frame of reference - isotopic measurements in this paper are ratios w.r.t. 198Hg. -- Lou Pagnucco mixent wrote: In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu,

RE: [Vo]:Anomalous Hg isotopes in CFLs

2013-02-28 Thread pagnucco
Jones, I am not in touch with the authors. Peter Hagelstein just noted in his course that LENR is the third rail of science. If they performed the experiment, and it was successful, the reviewers would reject it. I would very much like to see your experiment run - probably would not be terribly