I don't believe Dr. Piantelli proposes Rydberg states of hydrogen - he proposes BEC-like effects across a small crystallite on the surface of the Ni. Such BEC-like effects may not be a sustained manifestation, but perhaps only a transient one. For example, at some temperatures the grains may be in one crystallographic phase and a transient temperature or shock could cause them to transition to another crystallographic phase. During this transient, perhaps a BEC-like effect occurs, and this is where Piantelli believes a hydrogen anion is sucked from the surface into the crystallite. He goes on to say the evidence suggests that the hydrogen anion enters a Ni atom in place of an electron. To do so, it seems likely (to me) that an f/H- must occur, with the energy extracted into the entire crystallite as a transient BEC. [To wit, I invite the investigation of thermal waves in metals - an obscure technology that may be relevant.]
Piantelli doesn't say that the hydrogen enters as a shrunken state, because he doesn't have evidence of that. However, his evidence is that the hydrogen anion enters the Ni atom and closely approaches the nucleus. I (not him) surmise that the anion must be shrunken for that to occur, but he doesn't say so because he has no evidence for it. It is not for issues of possible patent infringement - he is simply too honest for that ploy. I trust Piantelli's identification of a proton coming from his extracted fuel he measured in a cloud chamber. The positive charge can easily be identified in an applied magnetic field and Piantelli is ultra-qualified to make such a determination. Piantelli invented Ni-H LENR, has reactors working for years, has run many experiments to explore what works and what doesn't, WHY they work, and what are the characteristics of operation. By comparison, the rest of us are all speculating hacks. Bob Higgins On Sun, Sep 6, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > *From:* Bob Higgins > > > > Ø Piantelli believes Rydberg matter to be part of his theory of how Ni-H > works - wherein the surface grains each become a BEC – > > > > Bob - Piantelli seems to be asking for way too many miracles. No > experiment has ever demonstrated bosonic hydrogen at even room temperature, > or anything higher than a few degrees K. > > > > Ultracold is required for hydrogen condensates, but in contrast – “dense > hydrogen” by any name - does not need to be a condensate. Since it is > fractional, it is not necessary to be in the same quantum state as its > neighbors. > > > > There is an obvious motivation for Piantelli and others to fail to mention > any kind of fractional hydrogen state - due to the large IP portfolio of > BLP. And by claiming the BEC state, which he cannot demonstrate, Piantelli > has reduced the value of his IP to practically nothing. > > >
