In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 29 Oct 2018 13:54:52 +0000 (UTC): Hi, >In the history of LENR there have been several positive efforts (claimed) >which were generally ignored or not replicated - where the main operative >tactic was to add a tiny amount of "hot" emitter material as a catalyst for >LENR. One of Rossi's early demos apparently depended on a startup routine from >such a radioactive seed (according to Celani). > >The thinking was/is that there is a second type of catalysis (manipulation of >probability) operating beyond chemistry - such that the tendency to go through >nuclear effects (such as nuclear tunneling) is somehow enhanced in a >statistical way. [snip] I would indeed expect a "probability enhancement", but the reasons are quite mundane, not magical. Fast particles lead to Hydrino molecule multiplication, which in turn results in more reactions producing fast particles, which in turn leads to more multiplication etc. etc. However for this to work, the density of Hydrino molecules needs to be high, and they need to be sufficiently small to begin with such that nuclear reactions happen rapidly. This combination of conditions is difficult to achieve, which explains why it rarely occurs, and hence why the reports are few and far between. It also explains why, from a human perspective few such experiments have been carried out. Most of those that did try it, probably found that it didn't help, so they gave up on the concept, not understanding that the reason for the failure wasn't because the idea itself was no good, but rather because they had failed to create the correct initial conditions.
When such a "chain reaction" does occur, I would expect tiny "volcanoes". ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk local asymmetry = temporary success
