In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:49:51 -0900: Hi, [snip] >Under conventional theories, making Ni58 from Fe56 requires >substantial energy to supply the extra mass. This is on the downward >sloping side of the curve of binding energy. Consider: > > >Mass of particles >(in AMU) > > 55.934939 Fe56 > 1.007825 p > 1.007825 p >-57.935346 Ni58 >========== > 0.015243
This is an *excess* mass (the final product has less mass than the ingredients). IOW the reaction produces energy, which BTW is 14.2 MeV, not 1.4. > >The energy deficit is therefore (0.015243 AMU)* (931.5 MeV/(AMU/c^2) >= 1.4198 MeV/c^3. However, this is no problem for a deflated >hydrogen reaction, as a energy deficit naturally occurs anyway in the >wave function collapse, and the zero point field makes up the >difference in expanding the deflated electron. The problem is setting >up conditions for this to occur. An explosion is not the right >condition because the deflated state exists for too short an interval >to have any effect in ordinary high energy collisions. However, >given billions of years, adsorbed hydrogen should be able to work >this kind of transmutation until essentially no hydrogen is available. > >It is notable that Cosmic rays are a significant source of protons, >so the hydrogen can never be totally exhausted, and the cosmic rays >carry much more than the 1.5 MeV (or 2 * 0.75 MeV) needed to pull >off this kind of reaction directly. A bigger problem might be >explaining why the transmutation process essentially stops with Ni58. > >Best regards, > >Horace Heffner >http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[email protected]>
