OK - Lets assume that Ron Stiffler's device is robustly OU and is
replicated by others. Here is why I think that any OU which is produced
in could be *nuclear* in origin.
But it's not the kind of "nuclear" which you had in mind. More
specifically, in the past this little-known reaction has been called IPE
or IGE. I have posted on this reaction before - may be it is in the
archives, or maybe it was to another forum.
1) First off - in getting a proper handle on this situation, there is
the "nuclear isomer." This is an isotope but not an isotope which will
decay in the usual way, but it has an irregular or distorted nucleus.
A nuclear isomer is a metastable state of an atomic nucleus caused by
the long-term excitation of one or more of its protons or neutrons or
both, but not strong enough to destroy it. A nuclear isomer occupies a
higher energy state than the corresponding non-excited isotope. The
nuclear isomer will sooner or later, often under stimulation, release
the extra energy and decay back down to the ground state. Usually the
release is a gamma. Barium may be different in that regard.
2)Some time ago, it was clear that the US was developing a new kind of
quasi-nuclear weapon, the hafnium bomb (16 August 2003, p 4 "New
Scientist" - and others). This weapon relies not on fission or fusion,
but on triggering the release of excess energy stored in the distorted
nucleus of the isotope hafnium-178, specifically its isomer known as
hafnium-178m2. This isomer releases a strong gamma.
3) Barium has such an isomer called Ba-135m. 135Ba is itself about 6.6%
of all barium and the isomer is a fraction of that which depends on how
long, and how "hot" was the ore from which the barium was extracted.
Barium ore invariably contains some radium. The gamma of barium is not
all that strong, as with hafnium, or else the military would already be
using it instead - as there is orders of magnitude more barium than
halfnium. Also, halfnium with a high level of activity can be extracted
from control rods which were used on nuclear submarines - thus it is
almost a waste product.
4)It is possible that the metastable state of Barium can also be induced
by HV.
The nuclear isomer is technically radioactive, emitting its excess
energy as a gamma ray, but it does not change the identity (nuclear Z)
as do normal alpha or beta releases.
The Pentagon was supposedly developing a way to trigger coordinated
decay hafnium nuclei at once, using a conventional trigger and
producing an explosive burst of gamma rays thousands of times more
powerful than any conventional explosives but less than a standard
nuclear weapon. Because the hafnium bomb would not involve fission or
fusion, or residual radioactivity it might have been able to slip
through a loophole in US law banning development of mini-nukes. This
weapon may have already been used in Afghanistan because of its
penetrating power. It wouldn't surprise me if you-know-who was fried to
a crisp years ago in some cave.
Back to peaceful uses - I think that this barium isomer effect may also
have one added feature of extreme importance for the future - and this
puts it into the same category as CF itself.
Instead of a single gamma release (~270 keV) - the metastable energy is
released more slowly the phonon structure - and in smaller bursts -
probably at the frequency of 1.6 MHz.
There you have it... <G>
R. Stiffler may have invented "The worlds smallest nuclear reactor" ...
and you thought I was "pulling your leg," didn't you, Ron?
Jones
Stiffler Scientific wrote:
Yes! Yes!. Energy increase of 10k over 20khz and 40khz in transducer
effectiveness in sonoluminesce. Used now in vaporizers, is
spectrophotometer, etc,. etc., but used for specialized application and to
my knowledge no one has yet seen how it can be used to crack a very sought
after secret.
Because it is also a common frequency found in piezo-ceramics,
esp containing barium, it is the most common of the high
ultrasonic frequency spectrum seen in those transducers. Also see
Steve Krivit's report of the Stringham device at the LA APS a
few years ago.
