Re: [Vo]:Re: Lattice Confinement Fusion

2020-08-19 Thread Robin
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 19 Aug 2020 20:04:34 + (UTC): Hi Jones, [snip] > Is the correct Rydberg value 27.2 instead of 22.7 ? >...or was that a typo ? Not a typo, just a "senior moment" on my part. (Same numbers, wrong order.) It should of course be 27.2 and Erbium is not a

Re: [Vo]:Re: Lattice Confinement Fusion

2020-08-19 Thread Jones Beene
Is the correct Rydberg value 27.2 instead of 22.7 ? ...or was that a typo ? Robin wrote: >The elements is rare, costly and does not appear in the list of Mills’ >catalysts (but almost any element can be contorted to be catalytic,, as Mills >has repeatedly shown). The 3rd ionization

Re: [Vo]:Re: Lattice Confinement Fusion

2020-08-19 Thread Robin
In reply to JonesBeene's message of Wed, 19 Aug 2020 11:49:32 -0700: Hi, [snip] >The elements is rare, costly and does not appear in the list of Mills’ >catalysts (but almost any element can be contorted to be catalytic,, as Mills >has repeatedly shown). The 3rd ionization energy of Er is

RE: [Vo]:Re: Lattice Confinement Fusion

2020-08-19 Thread JonesBeene
From: CB Sites Any ideas as to why they chose Erbium for the host metal?  I wondered about this too. The elements is rare, costly and does not appear in the list of Mills’ catalysts (but almost any element can be contorted to be catalytic,, as Mills has repeatedly shown). The one

Re: [Vo]:Re: Lattice Confinement Fusion

2020-08-19 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Aug 19, 2020 at 12:39 PM CB Sites wrote: > Any ideas as to why they chose Erbium for the host metal? > I can think of one reason: Palladium 2,197.00 USD per Troy Ounce Platinum962.50 USD per Troy Ounce Erbium $650 per kilogram!

Re: [Vo]:Re: Lattice Confinement Fusion

2020-08-19 Thread CB Sites
Any ideas as to why they chose Erbium for the host metal? Seems like a pretty straight forward idea. I do wonder how quickly the host metal gets consumed. On Sun, Aug 16, 2020, 11:06 PM Terry Blanton wrote: > Direct link to quote: > >

[Vo]:Re: Lattice Confinement Fusion

2020-08-16 Thread Terry Blanton
Direct link to quote: https://www1.grc.nasa.gov/space/science/lattice-confinement-fusion/ On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 11:04 PM Terry Blanton wrote: > "NASA Detects Lattice Confinement Fusion > > A team of NASA researchers seeking a new energy source for deep-space > exploration missions, recently