Jones, we DO know that there is a large imbalance in the distribution of 7Li in the ash. Look at the difference between the SIMS results which provide isotopic analysis of the material near the surface, and the results of ICP-MS which is a bulk analysis of the particle. The surface shows change of 7Li from 92% in fuel to 8% in ash, with the 6Li going from 8% in fuel to 92% in the ash. The ICP-MS bulk analysis shows that the overall fuel particle had 94% 7Li and 6% 6Li in the fuel going to 58% 7Li and 42% 6Li in the ash. Clearly there is much more change of 7Li / 6Li on the surface than in the overall bulk. Whatever is happening to the Li isotopes is happening at an apparent greater rate at the surface of the particle.
Since the reaction is likely to occurring in a thin liquid LiH-Al alloy film whetted to the surface of a Ni particle, it is logical to assume the reaction may be occurring at the liquid interface to the Ni particle. Yet it is the solidified composite surface that shows the greatest depletion of the 7Li. Could the 6Li stratify to the surface during the high temperature liquid phase of the film, owing to some physical difference between 6Li and 7Li (for example liquid density of 6LiH vs 7LiH)? I am not questioning that the isotopic ratio is changing, only that the change appears bigger at the surface than in the particle as a whole. Bob On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 11:51 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > *From:* Bob Higgins > > > > Jones, What is your evidence for your statement: > > > > "The Lugano isotope data, even if it could be believed, completely negates > the entire scenario since Li-7 is NOT depleted according to the Lugano > report - but instead is converted to Li-6. " > > > > First of all, there is a crude assay based on the size of the pure sphere > - and no evidence of large imbalance of Li-7 elsewhere. More importantly, > 85 years of nuclear physics can present no thermal process where the bulk > isotopic distribution varies more than a few percent per stage, yet the > Lugano report, if it can be believed shows extremely pure Li-6 appearing in > what is essentially one stage in one sample – many orders of magnitude > purer than any know process can deliver. > > > > There are three possibilities – either the starting material was enriched > in pure Li-6, which is most likely, or else the process of heat generation > has converted the missing Li-7 into Li-6, which is endothermic, and > unlikely to have happened in a process where excess heat is generated. The > third possibility is that the ash was spiked with pure isotope. > > > > Neither of these possibilities can in any way support a conclusion of > lithium-7 plus proton fusion, especially with the lack of the expected > gamma, and no indication of helium. > > > > To say that Levi’s crew did not test for helium is a complete cop-out and > only indicative of further incompetence on the part of this team. With this > claimed excess heat over 30 days there should have been a large amount of > helium, actual overpressure: that is - if lithium fusion were taking place. > A sample of gas should at least have been stored for later testing. > > > > Most likely conclusion – Rossi understood from the start that lithium-6 is > the active isotope, and he provided fuel which was highly enriched, and at > the same time, provided a different fuel for the testing of the “before” > sample. Only Rossi handled this fuel. He had complete control, and no one > complained. BTW - The cost of that much lithium-6 (about 50 milligrams) > available from several suppliers, is about $10. > > > > Jones > > > > > > What I drew from the report was the only thing that can be concluded was > that the 7Li is more commensurate to the 6Li in the ash as compared to the > fuel. There was no mass assay that determined how much total Li was > present in the ash compared to the fuel. We know that physically, a lot of > the Li will be on the walls of the alumina tube, so we don't have any idea > of the absolute depletion of Li mass in the reaction. > > > > While it is possible that the 7Li is converted to 6Li, it is only one of > the possibilities. The ICP-MS analysis is a full volume analysis and > showed both Li isotopes near equal in percentage in the ash. How these > isotopes became nearly equal is just blind speculation at the moment > without further experimental data. All of the possibilities for the ratio > change from fuel to ash should be laid out and the plausibility of each > examined. > > > > Bob >
