On Dec 9, 2008, at 8:11 AM, Edmund Storms wrote:
When C12 is converted to C13 by addition of a neutron, the
following mass change occurs:
12.0000000 + 1.0086649 = 13.0033548, which represent a loss of mass
equal to 0.0053101 AMU. This is equal to 4.95 MeV. The mechanism
does not matter. If C12 is the starting material and C13 is the
product, this much energy MUST be removed.
Of course, the source of the neutron must be taken into account. If
the neutron has to be made from an electron and a proton, as Robin
said, 0.78 MeV must be subtracted from the 4.95 MeV. Again the
mechanism does not matter.
Of course, the possibility of this reaction actually occurring
depends on whether a rational mechanism can be proposed. A
considerable amount of experience shows that such a combination of
reactions do not occur under ordinary conditions. To propose they
occur in the Mizuno cell requires some very unique conditions be
identified and then show how they create a novel mechanism. The
hydrino might to the job, but as Robin noted, the amount of
released energy would be huge if significant C13 were made.
Ed
Congratulations! If the above is true then it should also be true of
all heavy LENR observed. Since heavy lattice element LENR has been
reported to occur without high energy signatures, or even concurrent
excess heat, your above assertions, in particular that no mechanism
exists carry off energy in an unseen way from nuclear reactions, have
proven the entire LENR field to be bunk.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
