Does Mills hydrino theory apply when only when hydrides are involved? On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 6:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 21 Apr 2016 10:21:36 -0700: > Hi, > [snip] > >Back to the CQM theory. The catalytic hole at 190 eV is next to > impossible to achieve without a plasma, even as a transient state in the > hottest glow tube, so it would seem that Mills’ theory is irrelevant… but, > hold on … let’s consider a special type of multibody reaction that would > only work at moderate temperature. Turns out that titanium has a first > ionization potential at 6.8 eV which is a quarter of the Rydberg (Hartree) > energy, and is the only transition metal to have such a value, meaning that > on paper, four titanium atoms operating together would express an > alternative to the Mills catalytic “hole.” Multibody reactions would be > unlikely in gas or plasma phase, or at high temperature but in a FCC > crystal structure with 14 atoms of Ti, we have a stable solid phase > structure where it should be possible (on a regular basis - thousands of > times per second) to have 4 electrons temporarily displaced - enough to > create the required catalytic window- not as Mills suggests, but in an > >effective alternative so long as the hydrogen can be retained in the > matrix (requiring low temperature). This multibody route can explain the > comment of Dash that titanium is more active than palladium for gain. > > 1) When metal atoms combine in a lattice the energy levels of the valence > electrons change, so they no longer add to 190 eV. You may have more luck > using > the work function of the metal (which will be influenced by > "contaminants"). > > 2) The catalytic hole is an absorption hole, IOW Ti will accept 190 eV > from H as > the H shrinks, with Ti losing the first 5 of it's electrons as a result. > It's as > though the H "boils off" the Ti electrons. > > 3) Getting hold of atomic Ti may mean at least using Ti vapor. The boiling > point > of Ti is 3287°C. Although alternatively you could use electrolysis where > Ti is > formed from a salt at the cathode, one atom at a time. The problem here > however > is that cathodes need to be conducting, i.e. usually metallic so the newly > minted Ti atoms are going to join the lattice, implying a very short or > even > non-existent window for a shrinkage reaction to take place. (Carbon cathode > perhaps?) > > 4) The energy released by each H atom shrinking 7 levels in one go would be > 856.674 eV, of which 190 eV is used to ionize the Ti (and later released > as the > Ti reclaims it's missing electrons). > > 5) I suspect that the importance of Ti for LENR is more likely to be that > it is > a spillover catalyst. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
