Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-07 Thread mixent
In reply to Mauro Lacy's message of Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:09:05 -0300: Hi, [snip] Now, assuming that the hypothesis is true, and proceeding in reverse order, we could(I want to clarify that I would NOT do it): - search for the geatest Internal Conversion Coefficients for a given element. - search

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-06 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 11/06/2011 02:49 AM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: I am not sure which, if any, nickel isotopes admit isomeric states. Perhaps, electrodes, container walls, or contaminants in nickel (or palladium) could be the source of some yet unidentified isomers. I am quite perplexed that

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-06 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 11/06/2011 12:09 PM, Mauro Lacy wrote: On 11/06/2011 02:49 AM, pagnu...@htdconnect.com wrote: I am not sure which, if any, nickel isotopes admit isomeric states. Perhaps, electrodes, container walls, or contaminants in nickel (or palladium) could be the source of some yet unidentified

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-06 Thread pagnucco
Thanks for your thoughts and suggestions, Mauro. - I will check into Beene's posts on the topic. One last question I wonder about is whether any certain symmetry in an isomeric nucleus insures that a decay to ground state will cause emission of multiple less energetic quanta in order to respect

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-05 Thread mixent
In reply to Danny Ross Lunsford's message of Fri, 4 Nov 2011 20:33:53 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] This is sort of what seems most natural to me. Something is happening on either side of NI62, and it gets into a cyclic state - once in a while by the magic of QM it overshoots and you get copper, or

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-05 Thread pagnucco
Probably, Robin, but the relatively recent discovery of the 65Fe isomer (which likely has been lurking in the universe for a long time) makes me wonder if other long-lived isomers have escaped attention, and written off as statistical errors in mass measurements. Coaxing 1 gram of 65Fe to ground

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-05 Thread mixent
In reply to pagnu...@htdconnect.com's message of Sat, 5 Nov 2011 23:35:00 -0400 (EDT): Hi, [snip] Probably, Robin, but the relatively recent discovery of the 65Fe isomer (which likely has been lurking in the universe for a long time) makes me wonder if other long-lived isomers have escaped

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-05 Thread pagnucco
I am not sure which, if any, nickel isotopes admit isomeric states. Perhaps, electrodes, container walls, or contaminants in nickel (or palladium) could be the source of some yet unidentified isomers. I am quite perplexed that isomeric-65Fe went undetected for so long. Perhaps others have also

Re: [Vo]:Could undetected nuclear isomers explain any LENR?

2011-11-04 Thread Danny Ross Lunsford
This is sort of what seems most natural to me. Something is happening on either side of NI62, and it gets into a cyclic state - once in a while by the magic of QM it overshoots and you get copper, or undershoots and you get iron. But most of the time it bounces back and forth. Some oscillatory