I just started paying attention to this thread, which I think may be quite
important. Robin and Jones may be aware of the following, but it bears
repeating.
In recent papers Mills has included a paragraph or so discussing the
catalysis of an H atom by two other H atoms which provide the critical
'enery hole' to induce the first H to drop to a hydrino state. Although
Mills does not emphasize the point, H and D are interchanable for these
purposes. A H{1/3] hydrino is formed, which can catalyze other H's to begin
a hydrino cascade.
This is a three-body reaction and so is rare except where H atoms are dense,
such as the surface of Pd powder or the cathode of a LENR cell. In a rcent
paper, H gas was ionized by micriwaves in a cell with powdered Pd.
Spectroscopy of the H Balmer lines showed significant broadening, indicate
the presence of hot H, a signature of the BLP reaction.
Pd powder was chosen because of its known propery of supporting dense layers
of H on it surface. The catalysis of H to H[1/3] is highly exotheric.
Calorimetry was not performed, but one might expet excess heat of a
magnitude from 'a previously unknown chemikcal reaction'.
Hydrinos [or deutrinos] can form hydrides and enter in chemical reactions,
producing molecules [er, clusters]. Hydrinos [deutrinos] with high p values
are theoretically possible but the population is too small to be detected by
MRI or optical spectroscopy. Conceivably sensitive calorimetry might
detectit.
Although several have speculated that highly shrunken hydrinos may resemble
neutrons, this is very new territory. In early papers, Mills put a
placemarker here, which has not been witdrawn. The curent BLP activity is
focused on solid state chemistry leading to utility-scale power reactors.
Mike Carrell
