Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-25 Thread Edmund Storms
The problem, Bob, in applying any mechanism to the lattice, as you have done, is that it would affect chemical processes long before it could cause any interaction with a nucleus. As is well known, the chemical and nuclear worlds are very far apart in energy and in any observed

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-24 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.comwrote: In addition, the behavior of helium and tritium show that they are made very near the surface and not in the bulk. These issues have been well discussed. To elaborate, the conclusion that Pd/D LENR is a surface effect

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-24 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: 2. There have been several high-profile Pd/D experiments that have proposed a correlation of 4He off-gas production on the order of the heat observed -- somewhere near 24 MeV per palladium atom, although the precise value is in dispute. Correction -- the value (which is disputed)

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread David Roberson
Thanks Ed for this quick compilation of the facts to consider. It is helpful to focus upon the observations that drive any new theories. Dave -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com To: cmns c...@googlegroups.com; vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Paul Breed
I would question assumption #5 5. The process does not require applied energy to be initiated With start up times measured in days...I don't think you can say that, ie a random cosmic ray, or stray energy from anywhere. could kick it off I would also question the complete rejection of

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Bob Higgins
Before I comment, I should caution that I am only an EE and not a trained nuclear physicist or chemist. It is only natural for me to try to understand behavior in more familiar, EE terms. I would not like to offer an explanation so much as a mental rationalization that I have constructed to help

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Edmund Storms
Do you think that a random comic ray would start a process at one single site in a material that causes steady release of watts of power? Cosmic rays do not even initiate chemical reactions. For example TNT is completely stable in spite of being bombarded continuously. Of course,

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Paul Breed
I'm not saying that external energy is required, only that setting that as a unconditional unquestioned principal upon which one is going to accept or reject theories seems weak, especially because we know that in some cases the addition of energy accelerates the process. If one accepts Defklions

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Axil Axil
*Suppose the NAE is a resonance of some kind* * * *A very high Q perfect resonant structure of exactly the right size will start or run with just minor thermal excitation...* * * *and be maintained by the coupling from the effect it creates.* Look into the Fano resonance of electrons in

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Edmund Storms
Paul, we have to start somewhere with some assumptions. ALL theories are based on assumptions, some less plausible than others. These are the assumptions I start with. They are plausible and allow the options for a model to be reduced to useful numbers. On Feb 22, 2013, at 1:22 PM, Paul

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Paul Breed
The fusion process has a beginning and an ending. It is not continuous. Once the He forms, the reaction must stop until the He leaves the site and more D takes its place. Has anyone melted a working cathode to see if it contains any trapped He? We all believe LENR is a surface effect, but its

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread David Roberson
- From: Paul Breed p...@rasdoc.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 4:25 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III The fusion process has a beginning and an ending. It is not continuous. Once the He forms, the reaction must stop until the He leaves the site and more D takes

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Kevin O'Malley
We all believe LENR is a surface effect, but its possible that its a bulk effect, that only works once then is dependent on giving He a way to escape to the surface? ***It is possible it's a bulk effect but the evidence is only seen at the surface. Like a landslide pushing a hundred trees into a

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Edmund Storms
to understand all that has been discovered and observed. I spent 23 years doing this, so my model is not based on casual ideas. Ed Dave -Original Message- From: Paul Breed p...@rasdoc.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 4:25 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread David Roberson
Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III We all believe LENR is a surface effect, but its possible that its a bulk effect, that only works once then is dependent on giving He a way to escape to the surface? ***It is possible it's a bulk effect but the evidence is only seen at the surface. Like

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Axil Axil
-Original Message- From: Kevin O'Malley kevmol...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 5:22 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III We all believe LENR is a surface effect, but its possible that its a bulk effect, that only works once then is dependent on giving

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Edmund Storms
: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III We all believe LENR is a surface effect, but its possible that its a bulk effect, that only works once then is dependent on giving He a way to escape to the surface? ***It is possible it's a bulk effect but the evidence is only seen at the surface. Like

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Axil Axil
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Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Paul Breed
The question of whether or not this is a bulk effect can be addressed by using a very thin plating of active material. If the reaction is similar with the thin film that you get with a larger bulk, or perhaps even a thicker plating, then it is surface related. I assume that there is adequate

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Axil Axil
From what I can read in these figures, the electric field enhancemnt ranges to 300 fold http://www.nature.com/srep/2012/121024/srep00764/full/srep00764.html#/f4 On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: *New Findings from Rice University in the Area of

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread David Roberson
theory. Dave -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 5:30 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III On Feb 22, 2013, at 3:19 PM, David Roberson wrote: You pose

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Edmund Storms
To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 5:30 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III On Feb 22, 2013, at 3:19 PM, David Roberson wrote: You pose an interesting question. Perhaps the fresh helium leads to an increase in the number of NAE

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Kevin O'Malley
Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 5:22 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III We all believe LENR is a surface effect, but its possible that its a bulk effect, that only works once then is dependent on giving He a way to escape to the surface? ***It is possible it's a bulk effect but the evidence

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread David Roberson
: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III On Feb 22, 2013, at 4:26 PM, David Roberson wrote: Ed, When Szpak observed the flashes was it possible for him to determine the magnitude of the source of energy? I realize that he saw individual flashes, but how powerful was each one? Is it possible to prove

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Edmund Storms
. Dave -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 7:19 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III On Feb 22, 2013, at 4:26 PM, David Roberson wrote: Ed, When Szpak observed

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread David Roberson
away thermal events that we might want to explore? Dave -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 11:18 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III Well Dave, your

Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III

2013-02-22 Thread Axil Axil
@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.com Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 7:19 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III On Feb 22, 2013, at 4:26 PM, David Roberson wrote: Ed, When Szpak observed the flashes was it possible for him to determine the magnitude of the source of energy? I