In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:54:26 -0700: Hi, [snip] >23Na --> 24Mg >- or argon to potassium, >39Ar --> 40K (which is mildly radioactive)
There is no 39Ar. Only the stable isotopes exist, i.e. 36, 38, and 40, with the overwhelming majority being 40Ar. The reaction of 40Ar with a proton yields 41K, which is also stable. Generally speaking the elements with 1 proton less than the really stable isotopes (e.g. 16O, 20Ne, 24Mg, 28Si, 32S etc.) would make good fuel targets, i.e (15N - scarce;19F,23Na,27Al,31P). The last 4 are also all single isotope elements, so the natural element can be used "as is" without isotope separation. My favorite is 27Al, because it's an ordinary metal, with melting point of 660 ºC and also the third most abundant element in the crust. (The reasonable melting point makes reactor design easy, though there is also something to be said for molten sodium). The Al reactions are:- Hy + 27Al -> 24Mg + 4He + 1.6 MeV, and Hy + 27Al -> 28Si + IC electron + 11.55 MeV both of which are clean. I'm kind of hoping that Hy + 27Al -> 28Si + gamma won't be significant. ;) The fast IC electron from the Si reaction will also create some bremsstrahlung, though I'm not sure how much, &/or how significant it will be. BTW I wrote to Oriani some time ago suggesting the reaction Hy + 23Na -> 20Ne + 4He + 2.37 MeV as a possible explanation for his experimental results (ICCF 11), but he thought the central charge on Na was so high as to rule it out. Of course, he doesn't know that according to one version of my theory the smallest Hydrino only has a radius of about 3.4 fm, which more or less puts it in range of the nuclear force, so tunneling becomes either "unnecessary" or so easy that just about any target nucleus should be possible. (If shrinkage all the way to the 137'th level is possible, then the smallest radius becomes 2.8 fm, which is definitely within range of the nuclear force.) >-or potassium to calcium, >39K -> 40Ca. > [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
