On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
It produces ~23.8 MeV per D+D reaction, as closely as anyone has been able > to measure it. Admittedly that is not very close. See p. 8: > > http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/Hagelsteinnewphysica.pdf > This is an inference that has been made, using a lot of assumptions, including an assumption that it's a stable ratio. Let's do admit that it's not very close. There are nowhere near enough fission products to explain the reaction. Not > enough tritium either. These must be secondary reactions caused by the main > fusion reaction. > This is an incorrect inference. If the fission products are things that are commonly thrown excluded from analysis as being contaminants, such as iron, calcium and titanium, there may be more than enough to account for the energy balance. I have no idea what's going on with tritium. Eric
