This conjecture also gives new meaning to the phrase 'cold fusion', if the adjective 'cold' qualifies the output rather than the input. ;-)
Harry On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 1:27 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 11:46 AM, H LV <[email protected]> wrote: > > CoE would still be true, but there would be no mass into energy >> conversion. Instead the iron would be slightly more massive than iron >> produced by stellar fusion. >> > > This suggestion has the benefit of being falsifiable. If you activate the > Coimbatore heavy iron with neutrons, the de-excitation gammas would be in > the neighborhood of but measurably distinct from those known for iron > isotopes. > > If the masses of iron and not-iron were identical, and no energy were > released from the reaction, there would presumably be a not-iron <=> iron > equilibrium. > > Eric > >

