In reply to mix...@bigpond.com's message of Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:58:59 +1000: Hi, [snip] >In reply to Bob Higgins's message of Sat, 18 Jul 2015 19:57:12 -0600: >Hi, >[snip] >There is very little Li7 in the ash, so the high masses based on Li7 might be >below the detection threshold. >The values for Li + 3 hydrinos can indeed be ruled out as you suggest. >That leaves Li6 + 1 or Li6 + 2 with masses 7 & 8 respectively. >The mass 7 would be masked by Li7 therefore be undetectable. >That leaves the mass 8, which might show up, though in order to catalyze the >neutron transfer reaction a fairly high p value molecule would be needed, and >these tend to have binding energies in the keV for the third Hydrinohydride, so >it's possible that it might be too tightly bound for the ion beam to dislodge >with a sufficient frequency for Li6Hy2 to show up. [snip]
I just realized that this explanation is nonsense, as if it were true, then Li6 itself wouldn't show up either. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
