In reply to Bob Higgins's message of Wed, 8 Apr 2015 10:12:11 -0600: Hi, [snip] >The ICP-MS analysis is a full volume analysis and showed both Li isotopes near >equal in percentage in the ash.
Just a thought: If the Li was acting as a nuclear catalyst, shuttling back and forth between Li6-Li7, then a roughly equal distribution on the whole might be expected, since a preponderance of one over the other would lead to an increase in the number of reactions of the predominant isotope, resulting in more of them being converted to the other. i.e. an excess of Li7 would yield more reactions converting Li7 to Li6, and an excess of Li6 would result in more reactions converting Li6 to Li7. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
