I think the use of cycles will help to explain this phenomena. Harry
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:06 PM, Robert Ellefson <[email protected]> wrote: > Er, > > s/Ni68/Ni62/g > > :-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robert Ellefson [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 5:02 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [Vo]:Intermediate products of isotope shifting reaction appear > to > be > > absent > > > > > > One observation that I'm noting in reviewing the data is the remarkably > > complete conversion of nickel isotopes to Ni68, (from 3.9% in the > starting > > fuel to 98.7% in the ash) and the corresponding nearly-complete > transition > > of lithium-6 from 8.6% fuel to 92.1% ash abundance ratios. Given that > the > > ash sample was taken at an arbitrarily-defined time point, which happened > > while the operating conditions of the reaction were stable, if not > > improving, then I believe this indicates that the reaction is a cyclic > one, > > which decays to the measured ash isotope ratios while the reaction is > > stopping. > > > > If the reaction were based on a linear consumption of reactants, then it > > would be truly miraculous to have stopped the reaction and sampled the > ash > > just when Nickel-68 had reached 98.7 enrichment. Given that there was no > > trending reduction in the output power prior to the ash sampling, I think > > this clearly indicates that we were not approaching the depletion point > of > > the reactants, and that the heat must be produced as part of a durable > > cycle. This could indicate a much, much longer-lasting fuel charge is > > possible than the 6 months figure which has been floating around without > > apparent basis-in-fact. > > > > -Bob Ellefson > > > > >
