Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

In reply to Axil Axil's message of Sat, 19 Dec 2015 20:19:23 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Suppose LENR acts like a capacitor where energy is fed into it over an >extended timeframe, then that energy is released in a short burst. LENR may >be rooted in a energy storage and burst release mechanism. I hope

Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 4:21 PM, wrote: (I hope you can, because I can't ;). > If you were to try to explain the mercury, on the assumption that it is not contamination, what would be your guess? Eric

Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

In reply to Eric Walker's message of Fri, 18 Dec 2015 21:51:47 -0600: Hi, [snip] >Consider, then, the following scenario: > >[- +] [- +] [- +] >[- G1 +] [- G2 +] [- G3 +] >[- +] [- +] [- +] > > >Here G1, G2 and G3 refer to grains of tungsten in the

Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

In reply to Eric Walker's message of Fri, 18 Dec 2015 20:00:39 -0600: Hi Eric, [snip] >On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 6:40 PM, wrote: > >While theoretically possible, consider that, if you are lucky, 1 in 1 >> alphas >> would produce a nuclear reaction. 186W is only 28% of W.

Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

Suppose LENR acts like a capacitor where energy is fed into it over an extended timeframe, then that energy is released in a short burst. LENR may be rooted in a energy storage and burst release mechanism. "Ken Shoulder's EV's may also play a role." Suppose an EV is formed and provides a seed in

Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

In reply to Eric Walker's message of Sat, 19 Dec 2015 16:36:37 -0600: Hi, [snip] >On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 4:21 PM, wrote: > >(I hope you can, because I can't ;). >> > >If you were to try to explain the mercury, on the assumption that it is not >contamination, what would be

[Vo]:Wendt and Irion

A paper by Widom, Srivastava and Larsen [1] explores an old experiment that was reported in 1922 by Wendt and Irion, in which the two exploded tungsten wires by discharging a capacitor through them and afterwards saw spectral lines for helium show up. In addition to helium, lines for mercury and

Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

In reply to Eric Walker's message of Fri, 18 Dec 2015 12:08:49 -0600: Hi, [snip] >The mercury might have built up through a series of reactions along the >following lines: > >4He + 186W => 190Os - 1400 keV >4He + 190Os => 194Pt - 1500 keV >4He + 194Pt => 198Hg - 1400 keV > >Since these are all

Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 6:40 PM, wrote: While theoretically possible, consider that, if you are lucky, 1 in 1 > alphas > would produce a nuclear reaction. 186W is only 28% of W. The amount of > 190Os > produced would be completely swamped by the existing W atoms. The same

Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

The development of SPPs need metal nanoparticles to form from the vapor of metals produced by the exploding arc. Electrons along are not sufficient to produce the polariton solitons required for the formation of the LENR reaction. On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Eric Walker

Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

I wrote: Consider, then, the following scenario: > > [- +] [- +] [- +] > [- G1 +] [- G2 +] [- G3 +] > [- +] [- +] [- +] > > > Here G1, G2 and G3 refer to grains of tungsten in the wire, and the > electrons flow from left to right. > (In labelling

Re: [Vo]:Wendt and Irion

On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 6:40 PM, wrote: I think you need to look for a more direct route that doesn't rely on a > chain of > rare events. > Consider, then, the following scenario: [- +] [- +] [- +] [- G1 +] [- G2 +] [- G3 +] [- +] [-