An accelerated weak-force interaction - as odd as this possibility may sound -
could be of interest to those trying to find and optimize what is in fact
"real" nuclear energy - but which may have been classified as LENR or Millsean
- formerly.
This is rather ironic but the radioactive isotope of potassium, 40 K, has been
tossed around for decades as being a prime hidden candidate for accelerated
decay (assuming such is possible) and "free" energy. It does turn up
prominently in experiments where energy gain is claimed. Curiously the patent
in question does not mention the weak force or accelerated decay of potassium.
Nor does it mention the Mills connection but it does supply some interesting
thinking about a procedure to implement EC. Too bad that the IP (apparently)
went nowhere.
BTW - Excess energy of 40K potassium is 33.5 MeV per nucleon but the natural
abundance of the rare isotope is only one part in 10,000 in natural ore, so the
potential energy available - if it were not for the long half-life, is about a
pound of KOH as the equal of a ton of coal. Not bad especially if that excess
energy could be used to spit water, which is the interesting thing about lye -
it has always been known to be the best electrolyte available.
One idea for ultra efficient electrolysis would be to use RF instead of DC at
the NMR frequency (a few MHz dependent on an applied magnetic field).
The title of the expired patent is "Electron capture by Magnetic Resonance"
Inventor Edwin Bondoc WO2003019219A1 (originally in French) Note- this is about
generalized electron capture;
https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2003019219A1/en?oq=WO2003019219A1
