Eric, is there any reporting of excess Helium being detected during these events? It would seem plausible that this would occur if enough is released to make a significant difference to the geology.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Eric Walker <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Jan 20, 2016 12:23 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Iron oxide, hydrogen and a mechanism for densification On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 9:44 AM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: When the hydrogen gets loaded into the iron as a monatomic species and encounters a void/dislocation/vacancy, it may hang around in there long enough for it to encounter another monatomic hydrogen and then it forms an H2 molecule. The H2 molecule cannot escape. Eventually more and more H2 molecules are formed in the void and it becomes high pressure, putting a great deal of stress on the lattice causing the embrittlement. I had a similar idea with the notion of 4He generation possibly causing earthquakes in Oklahoma and other places where fracking is being used. https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg106856.html Bob Cook did not think the suggestion was plausible because helium is not a very good lubricant. But I wonder if that's the only relevant variable in such a dynamic. I suppose that as a 4He++ ion emerges from the surface of the reaction and takes on two electrons its effective volume would increase significantly. Eric
