Jed— H is not a bad choice for LENR in Pd. If D can react in a Pd lattice to form He-4, why could H not react to form D? There may be no neutrons produced and a couple positrons with some kind of neutrinos. Spin energy may or may not be involved. It would depend upon the net spin of the two H’s that happen to come together in a lattice interstitial site. An excited high-spin state may occur in each H giving up potential energy as the two H’s approach and at the same instant give up the extra spin energy to Pd electron orbital spin—a coherent system reaction of potential energy changing to kinetic energy.
Local changes in the magnetic field at or near the surface of a Pd lattice may substantially increase or decrease the probability of resonant conditions necessary for the reaction. The magnetic field may strongly couple the coherent system and substantially increase the reaction rate. Bob Cook ________________________________ From: Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 2, 2019 5:34:25 AM To: Vortex Subject: Re: [Vo]:A catalytic converter might be a cold fusion cell Jones Beene <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hmmm... Actually, a few years ago there was indeed a flash of interest in doing this - using catalytic converters for thermal gain.. . . . Nothing was memorable from this extensive effort IIRC, but these efforts were generally using H2 instead of D2. That is an odd choice for Pd. - Jed
