----- Original Message ----- From: "Edmund Storms" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 6:47 AM Subject: Re: Excitronics and Szpak
> Well Jones, I don't want to debate the possibility of "Excitronics", but > your use of the Szpak paper is not the best evidence. They made two > errors. They claimed the aluminum resulted from transmutation and they > claimed that the deposited morphology resulted from an applied external > electric field. I addressed the first earlier. In the second case, the > applied field could have only had an indirect effect. The electrolyte > is a good conductor. An external electric field can not penetrate a > conductor. At the very least, the ions would follow the lines of > electropotential in such a way as to neutralize the gradient. This > would cause a change in convection currents within the cell and this > would cause fluid to pass across the deposited surface. This change in > fluid flow is the cause of the change in morphology. Simple mechanical > stirring would have produced the same effect. In addition, the type of > crystal growth depends on applied current and the ion concentration. > Several different types of deposit are known and can be easily made by > changing the "normal" conditions. I see nothing in this work that is > anomalous or new. > > Regards, > Ed > > > > Jones Beene wrote: > > > Ref the recent paper: > > > > http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/SzpakSprecursors.pdf > > > > Recently (to what cannot be described as overwhelming > > fanfare), I tried to introduce the concept of "Excitronics." > > This is a concept being tossed around in other fields, which > > the open-minded observer could think of as a possible "key" > > to the type of LENR where BEC-like "condensation" occurs - > > resulting eventually in nuclear reactions. These would most > > likely be the kind of reactions where you get a lot of > > transmutation but little excess energy. A good example may > > be the Szpak paper, which fortunately even comes with some > > *nice images* of excitons (see, I wasn't really pulling your > > leg after all). > > > > When very high current density is captured in a small > > effective circuit, electrons start to act collectively, and > > form what can be called "an electron gas" with strange and > > sometimes emergent properties, since many similar bosons can > > also begin to act as if they "were one" under high pressure > > (substituting for cold temperature), besides just the > > electrons - IOW as if they were a BEC-like "condensate". > > Thus, excitronics is similar to a QM effect but not of the > > low-probability variety, which is normal for QM. > > > > >From the Szpak paper: > > "This is illustrated in a series of SEM photographs taken > > from various runs. In the absence of an electric field, the > > electrode structure consists of globules, 3 - 7 microns in > > diameter, arranged in short columns [looking somewhat like > > grape clusters] Each of the individual globules is an > > aggregate of much smaller, almost spherical units, having a > > diameter in a sub-micron range. This structure is uniform > > throughout the electrode." > > > > Often there is a preferred "size" for the excitronic circuit > > structure, and often that size will coincide with what is > > known as a "particulate" of the metal or alloy through which > > the electrons would normally travel. For this experiment > > the 3-7 micron grape-like structures which you see in Figure > > 2.a)" the reference morphology" would be the Pd exciton > > "particulate," but these excitons are also composed of > > smaller nanoparticles. It is not stated what the ratio is > > but I suspect that the particulate (or phonon) is > > icosohedral - and may depend on the cross-interaction with > > the nested nanoparticles. > > > > Perhaps the secret to why palladium works a matrix doe LENR > > and not say, platinum, could be related to this geometric > > ordering more so than due to any other property of the > > metals. This gives hope that many alloys can be tailored to > > work by adjusting their phonon structure and nested > > nanostructure. > > > > Szpak used a strong electric field to get these results but > > I would bet a dollar to a donut hole that *much better* > > results would have come from using terahertz irradiation > > instead of an electric field - which cannot be very > > discriminating. > > > > This is a very important point. Exctitons are a derivative > > of a precise geometric size and micro-structure, and might > > have become a high temperature superconductor in other > > parameters. If the same field intensity were to have been > > created by a terahertz irradiation source, the results could > > have been much more dramatic, IMHO. > > > > Many of these particulates share a common wavelength - lets > > say the average diameter is >5 microns and the average > > circumference is ~15 microns. Perhaps a third of all the > > "grapes" will be close enough to become excitons. When we > > make this 15 micron wavelength "coherent", such as by > > temperature regulation and by an identical phase-lock in > > applied frequency, then... voila: resonance - often leading > > to local superconductivity around the particulate - is > > poised to become an "emergent" property of the imposed > > coherence. BTW the "effective" electric field of coherent > > terahertz light could easily reach a billion watts even with > > a fairly broad focal point. > > > > This is the cross-over point and shared characteristic > > between LENR and HTSC (high temperature superconductivity). > > Once that 15 micron particulate becomes locally > > superconductive the inherent magnetic field will soar to > > probably 10-15 tesla, and that is in addition to the already > > high internal effective pressure due to overpotential and > > high loading. > > > > Yes, this is too "far-out" and hypothetical for many > > researchers to even consider. And I haven't even yet > > broached the subject of all that electronium which could be > > within the nano-particle itself ;-) So all I can say at > > this point is that my hope is that Szpak et al. will at > > least have a look into the possibility of terahertz > > irradiation... (and I hope they observe the results from an > > adjoing bunker...) > > > > Jones > >
