Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-21 Thread Edmund Storms
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:34:48 -0700: Hi, [snip] Essentially correct, but be careful not to confuse Hy (neutral) with what I have been designating hyh (Hydrinohydride) which carries a negative charge (or Hy- if you prefer that

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-21 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:18:05 -0700: Hi, [snip] In this case the other ion would have a positive charge equal to the total number of electrons associated with the proton. If the other ion is a proton, I would designate this as HyH, which would be neutral.

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-20 Thread Edmund Storms
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:19:06 -0700: Hi, [snip] Why? In a perfect ionic compound, solidity results from the binding energy of positive and negative ions. IOW the attractive force between ions of opposite charge pulls the

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-20 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:34:48 -0700: Hi, [snip] Essentially correct, but be careful not to confuse Hy (neutral) with what I have been designating hyh (Hydrinohydride) which carries a negative charge (or Hy- if you prefer that notation). So, we have three

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-20 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:34:48 -0700: Hi, [snip] Never heard of it. Reference? Oriani, R.A. Anomalous Heavy Atomic Masses Produced by Electrolysis. in The Seventh International Conference on Cold Fusion. 1998. Vancouver, Canada: ENECO, Inc., Salt Lake City,

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-19 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:37:01 -0800: Hi, [snip] BTW for those (from Oz ;-) who are sure to correct some of my past posted details (and I appreciate that), and since my original rough calculation for expected di-hydrino density was too hasty, here is something

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-19 Thread Edmund Storms
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:49:56 -0700: Hi, [snip] Yea, I changed my mind based on the way you described how the Hy is thought to behave. Note that most of the behavioral aspects are my interpretation, not necessarily Mills'

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-19 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:19:06 -0700: Hi, [snip] Why? In a perfect ionic compound, solidity results from the binding energy of positive and negative ions. IOW the attractive force between ions of opposite charge pulls the ensemble together. There is no real

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-19 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Robin van Spaandonk's message of Sun, 20 Nov 2005 12:57:17 +1100: Hi, [snip] I wrote: Furthermore, the statement you make must also be true of all ordinary ionic compounds. So, while reducing the positive ion with a free electron determines the upper limit of the bond strength[1], the

Re: Cathode( Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-19 Thread RC Macaulay
Robin, The thoughts remind me of the functions of a water softener. Resin beads attract the hardness in water and uses salt to release the attracted solids for flushing. There is a remarkable similarity in your description of the actions you observe and our workin liquid vortex studies.

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-18 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:50:40 -0700: Hi, [snip] Thanks Robin, the situation is getting clearer. However, I still have some questions. In summary, the model you are describing assumes one electron is in a fractional quantum state (Hy) and the additional

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-18 Thread Edmund Storms
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Fri, 18 Nov 2005 08:50:40 -0700: Hi, [snip] Thanks Robin, the situation is getting clearer. However, I still have some questions. In summary, the model you are describing assumes one electron is in a fractional quantum

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-18 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:49:56 -0700: Hi, [snip] Yea, I changed my mind based on the way you described how the Hy is thought to behave. Note that most of the behavioral aspects are my interpretation, not necessarily Mills' opinion. Just to be clear, both

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread Edmund Storms
Well Robin, as you eventually concluded, rapid collapse of a local superconducting site would not supply the necessary energy to make a neutron because local conservation of energy would still have to occur. Energy might be concentrated in a few individual electrons, but the total number of

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread George Holz
Ed and Robin, RVS: Don't you believe in Hy-hydrides, or that they may bind to positive ions? ES: I have a hard time, Robin, understanding how a chemical bond can form with a Hy. The electrons are in energy states that are far removed from the states in normal atoms and the states are not

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread Jones Beene
Edmund Storms writes, I have a hard time, Robin, understanding how a chemical bond can form with a Hy. The electrons are in energy states that are far removed from the states in normal atoms and the states are not compatible in a quantum sense. With the huge exception of another hydrino of

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread RC Macaulay
@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2005 10:56 AM Subject: Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary Edmund Storms writes, I have a hard time, Robin, understanding how a chemical bond can form with a Hy. The electrons are in energy states that are far removed from the states in normal atoms

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:31:01 -0700: Hi, [snip] Well Robin, as you eventually concluded, rapid collapse of a local superconducting site would not supply the necessary energy to make a neutron because local conservation of energy would still have to occur.

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:52:53 -0700: Hi, [snip] Don't you believe in Hy-hydrides, or that they may bind to positive ions? I have a hard time, Robin, understanding how a chemical bond can form with a Hy. The electrons are in energy states that are far

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to George Holz's message of Thu, 17 Nov 2005 11:33:33 -0500: Hi, [snip] GH: Is the Hy-hydride bond a stronger version of the weak bond (.6 ev) that is found in negative hydrogen ions (H-) ? Yes. I don't know how Ed would classify this bond but it seems to me that getting the first

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread Edmund Storms
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Thu, 17 Nov 2005 08:52:53 -0700: Hi, [snip] Don't you believe in Hy-hydrides, or that they may bind to positive ions? I have a hard time, Robin, understanding how a chemical bond can form with a Hy. The electrons are in

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Thu, 17 Nov 2005 14:03:14 -0700: Hi, [snip] The loss doesn't happen at all. On the contrary it's the other ion that suffers the loss, the hydrino suffers a gain. The hydrinohydride is the negative ion. It can form ionic bonds with positive ions of other

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to George Holz's message of Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:29:11 -0500: Hi, [snip] Of course, the spherical symmetry and neutrality make the concept and calculation obvious. I was hindered here by still basing my thinking on my point electron/ZPE based theory of Hydrinos. So the bond energy would

Re: Cathode ( Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-17 Thread RC Macaulay
Robin wrote.. IOW looking at the Lawson criterion, the density is huge, and theconfinement time is unlimited, but the temperature is low.Another thing to consider is that the hyh may actually sit*inside* the electron shells of the other positive ion,effectively displacing an existing

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-16 Thread Jones Beene
Ed Storms Apparently, a very unusual structure is required that is not present in ordinary matter. The various theories have been so unsuccessful in guiding research because they are based on the properties of normal material. Everyone can probably agree on that part, and in fact,

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-16 Thread Edmund Storms
Jones Beene wrote: Ed Storms Apparently, a very unusual structure is required that is not present in ordinary matter. The various theories have been so unsuccessful in guiding research because they are based on the properties of normal material. Everyone can probably agree on that

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-16 Thread Jones Beene
Ed The electron can not leave the nucleus for even a brief time, thus no covalent attraction is possible. ...methinks you are just trying to get rid of these critters (but by gravity instead of the normal levity ;-) Covalent bonding is indeed seemingly impossible with any other element

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-16 Thread Jones Beene
ERRATA: should be helium atom not nulceus... ;-) not to mention, what IS a nulceus anyway? And does anyone know why spell checkers will often miss simple errors? Perhaps that is also an interlocking wave function but with the computer owner?

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-16 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:12:18 -0700: Hi, [snip] to be impossible in these atoms. I also suggest that any compound formation would require the Hy atom to be bounded in a cage formation where it would be trapped in a structure that is more physical than