Jones Beene wrote:
> A few years ago, 95-99 % of the comments about LENR on Slashdot would
> have ranged from negative to ROTFL, nowadays the skeptics are ...
> well... not yet crawling into holes, but shall we say - a bit more muffled.
>
> http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/05/2148217
>
> ...and speaking of changin' times:
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Excuse my total nuclear physics ignorance, but I was wondering about fusion and
probabilities. We know nuclear fusion is the process by which atomic nuclei join
together to form a heavier nucleus. Lets say the average nuclear particle
velocity in some material at room temperature is X m/s. Although that's the
average velocity, there's an associated probability there will be a certain
percentage of such particles traveling at 1E+3 X m/s or even 1E+6 X m/s. I guess
standard physics states the probabilities exists that a certain number of
fusions occur at room temperature, but perhaps in extremely low insignificant
amounts.
Therefore it seems reasonable that standard physics acknowledges a certain
amount of fusion at room temperature, but Cold Fusion scientists are seeing far
higher fusion rates. If true, then it's possible mundane physicists are unaware
of such clever designs that could increase such room temperature fusion
probabilities.
Mathematics is powerful, but there are countless ways of interpreting such
equations. For example, physicists specializing in thermodynamics can show
mathematics that in their opinion proves ambient thermal entropy is unavailable
energy. What's interesting is few scientists understand that diodes rectify
thermal noise voltage regardless of the voltage and the diodes Vf (Forward
Voltage), as there is no sudden voltage threshold where such a diode instantly
changes from rectifying to not rectifying. Diodes rectify at all voltage levels,
but their efficiency decrease exponentially below Vf. Furthermore, there's no
upper voltage crest limit to thermal noise. For example, a 100 mega-ohm resistor
generates 0.13 Vrms thermal noise between 0 <--> 10 GHz. That's merely the root
square mean. View such thermal noise voltage for a few hours and you'll most
likely see such noise voltage go above 1 volt. Last, but not least, diodes can
be manufactured for any Vf with present technology. At this very moment
manufacturers can make diodes at 1 pV Vf if they wanted. Real life experiments
and spice simulations show that a diode rectifies AC thermal noise voltage. Such
DC equates to usable energy, albeit exceptionally small.
Another example is connecting a resistor to a capacitor. At any given moment the
capacitor is charged to a certain voltage due to the resistors thermal noise.
The capacitors voltage will fluctuate between plus and negative. Disconnect the
capacitor and you just captured ambient energy, as any efficient capacitor will
retain such voltage charge.
Regards,
Paul Lowrance
