It is more probable that hydrogen provides protons which enter the nucleus in the LENR reaction. This proton surplus excess is the function of hydrogen in the Ni/H reactor. The Ni/H LENR reaction results in a proton rich nucleus. This nuclear condition is stabilized through the emission of the energy value of a positron and a neutrino as a proton is transmuted into a neutron through proton decay which results in a more equal balance in the number of protons and neutrons in the transmuted nucleus. When a BEC covers the LENR reaction no positron and neutrino are formed but there is a transference of the energy value of the positron and the neutrino back to the SPP population along with excess binding energy.
However, when there is no BEC positrons are produced. The formation of lithium 6 is a product of ubiquitous proton/proton fusion in the Ni/H reactor. The transmutation of nickel is a rare side reaction that contributes little to the energy output of the Ni/H reactor. The concept of free neutrons as causative in the Ni/H reaction is a philological hangover from all those years in nuclear engineering school. On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 4:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Kevin O'Malley's message of Fri, 5 Dec 2014 17:40:29 -0800: > Hi, > [snip] > >This seems promising. I'm having trouble seeing the difference between > >neutron tunneling and neutron capture. > [snip] > Neutron capture assumes the presence of free neutrons, which one would also > expect to turn up in detectors. > In neutron tunneling there are no free neutrons. They simply "jump" from > one > stable nucleus to another nucleus. Because this process can only occur > where > there is a net energy gain, it is unlikely that they will form a > radioactive > nucleus. (Radioactive nuclei are unstable, because they are high energy > nuclei.) > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
