Hi Robin and Eric, If the evidence about transmutation at the Indian refinery is reliable then one way to explain it is to imagine nuclear forces as being fundamentally non-conservative and viewing their apparent conservative nature as an accurate approximation in the high energy domain.
Another type of non-conservative force is a time dependent force which is exhibited by visco-elastic materials. This another and perhaps easier way to conceptually introduce non-conservative forces into the nuclear domain. Harry On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 5:03 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to H LV's message of Sat, 18 Mar 2017 10:11:20 -0400: > Hi Harry, > > AFAIK the forces involved are all conservative. That means that the change > in > energy is the same, irrespective of the path taken between endpoints. In > short > the energy difference is the same whether the "nut and bolt" are screwed > together or hammered together. > Obviously this is not the case for a real nut and bolt, i.e. the amount of > friction involved changes depending on the path taken. > > [snip] > >?What is the "bond" energy of a nut and bolt? Does the amount of energy > >that is required to literally slam together a bolt and a nut correspond to > >the energy required to screw them together? Equations are poor guides if > >the situation is modeled in inaccurately. > > > >Harry > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
