Did Piantelli explain how his negative hydrogen ion(protide) theory does not violate the conservation of angular momentum. since two electrons are in orbit around a proton. What happens to that angular momentum when the Protide enters the nucleus?
On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: > I really don't want this topic to drag on - it is making a mountain out of > an ant hill. Strictly speaking Piantelli is correct. There are hydrogen > ions and anions adsorbed onto a properly prepared surface of Ni (read his > patent application, now published). It is a small, probably negligible > energy, but one that in exotic applications you should not ignore without > evaluating its magnitude. This may be particularly true if you are > calculating the energy of a small cluster of atoms as mentioned in his > patent applications. > > Jed is right - it is really really small. Piantelli is correct that it is > an accountable energy storage. Let's just end it there and move on with > more interesting topics. > > Why not start a new thread to discuss the role of the H- ion, which in > Piantelli's patent, is implicated in his theory of why it works. Please > re-name the thread for that discussion. > > On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 2:44 PM, Bob Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Bob Higgins and Axil-- >> >> In nano Ni systems we have discussed many ideas about the nature of H(D) >> in such systems. This has included the potential existence of Cooper >> pairs of H, BEC's of these pairs, ionized hydrogen plasmas, H monatomic >> gas, H diatomic gas, and various forms of molecular and crystalline H in >> combination with other elements. The system's parameters, such as >> temperature, pressure, H and B magnetic fields, magnetic moments, sonic >> vibrations, EM resonant fields, allowable spin energy transitions, etc., >> all may influence the population of ionic H and its lifetime in the nano >> system. >> >> If the lifetimes of the ionic H or its production from other forms of H >> is somehow influenced by these system parameters such that time constants >> for transitions of H from state to state are NOT instantaneous, then the >> system can be regarded as storing energy, and its release should be >> evaluated and accounted for with time IMHO. >> >> Jed seems to miss this point that the production of H ions may be >> delayed with some effective time constant in Piantelli's Ni system. Time >> constants such as I have suggested make the dynamics and control of >> the system difficult to understand, but necessary to understand, if the >> mechanism for the LENR is to see the light of day. >> >> For example, in common fission reactors, energy production and energy >> balances, including decay heat calculations, include the production of >> protons, their kinetic energies, and the generation of 13.6 MEV associated >> with the radiation they give off as they collect electrons and become a >> neutral H atom. This is a delayed H reaction with a time constant for the >> macroscopic system, considered relative to the total energy balance, and >> used to size decay heat cooling systems. The contribution of this mechanism >> to produce decay heat may be small compared to other sources, but it is >> still considered. >> >> Bob Cook >> >> >>

