In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:39:02 -0800 (PST): Hi, [snip] >***hydrogen-to-hydrino 3-body reactions*** > >I say this because precise three body reaction of hydrogen in a gas or plasma >are extremely rare, since each of the protons has 3 degrees of freedom... > >BUT > >... in the case where two protons are bound to a rather stable carbon >structure of benzene rings with a small gap between them (vastly limiting >their degrees of freedom)- as in the image above -- and then realizing that >when a third proton arrives (from the interaction of the hot H2 gas on the Pt >catalyst) then VOILA >the table is set for robust 3-body reactions in a fashion where the >statistical or QM probability of interaction has been increased by a massive >factor. [snip] The problem with this is that Hydrogen bound in a molecule has a different ionization energy than free Hydrogen, which means that it can no longer function as a Mills catalyst (unless coincidentally the molecule has become a Mills catalyst analogous to NaH).
Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
