Hi, I think Horace is exactly correct. If such a particle exists, (*e-) would almost certainly be relegated to the inner orbital and not normally become a conduction electron.
> a hot filament of any kind of a vacuum > tube should act as an > electronium concentrator. This is a good point and a possible way to test for the particle. Take an old tungsten filament and place it in a high x-ray or gamma field which is significantly below the ~.5 MeV binding energy (say .3 MeV, but nevertheless look for the .5 MeV signature. If a strong signal is seen in this spectrum, due to reemission following electronium decay (and it would be possible as it is probably on the energy tail of the Maxwellian distribution), then that is a very good indication for electronium, as there is no other good way AFAIK to explain any upshifting of gamma radiation. Jones IF this works,of course, it might also be a way to get some OU out of old filaments... Wouldn't that be an ironic turn of events? You pay $5 bucks for a bulb and they promise to buy it back for $25 if you will just put a few thousand hours of use on it !!
