On Dec 9, 2008, at 12:13 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 8 Dec 2008 19:33:50
-0800 (PST):
Hi Jones,
[snip]
One suggestion is that most of the excess was "borrowed" in
advance, in the QM sense, to convert a proton into a virtual neutron.
Jones
I have already pointed out that this just isn't so. The energy
required to make
1 neutron is 0.782 MeV. The energy output from adding that neutron
to C12 and
getting C13 is 4.95 MeV. That still leaves 4.16 MeV.
In short only 16% of the energy is needed to make the neutron.
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
If anyone had actually read my Deflation Fusion article they would
have clearly seen this is no problem for the fusion model proposed
there. This is one of the strengths of this model. It explains the
unusual branching ratios for D+D fusion as the result of the highly
"de-energized" intermediate product nucleus. The same argument
applies to C+p+e or C+D+e fusion. The energy contributed or removed
from the intermediate product nucleus upon tunneling of the deflated
state hydrogen into the nucleus depends on the size of the deflated
state hydrogen upon arrival, which should be a stochastic variable.
A complete model of this kind of tunneling event probably requires
string theory. However, the mean value of the resulting net energy or
energy deficit can be determined through excess heat measurements.
Further, the larger the nucleus, the greater the Coulomb barrier to
the electron escape and thus the longer its half-life in the nucleus
and thus the greater the probability of a weak reaction of the
deflated state hydrogen electron with some proton.
All that said, I still think discussion of C13 creation mechanisms is
premature without some confirmation C13 is actually being created in
large quantities, which can readily be confirmed by NMR analysis.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
