At 03:07 PM 1/21/2010, Jones Beene wrote:
When deuterium is loaded in an atomic ratio of 1:1 within a metal, it must be in molecular form, and seldom atomic form, as was once thought (and taught) since the molecule is so much smaller than the atom. Given what has gone on in LENR over the years, this 1:1 ratio is probably a threshold level for fusion to happen.
Holy moly! The biggest argument against Takahashi's Tetrahedral Symmetric Condensate Theory is the supposed rarity of the molecular form in the metal. If D2 is common, then, from his calculations, all it takes is some tiny occurrence of double confinement, two molecules in a lattice site, which will naturally assume the tetrahedral configuration, for a very short time, and the two collapse and fuse, 100%.
Is there any source confirming this statement about the molecular form in the metal?
If it's true, then real ratio for fusion is 2:1, but that would take place only in one site at a time, because it collapses and fuses within roughly a femtosecond, Takahashi's calculation. At 1:1, any attempt to increase the loading ratio would either cause lattice disruption -- the interatomic spacing of the metal would increase beyond some limit, internal voids forming, perhaps, so the true ratio in intact lattice would still be 1:1, or it would cause fusion, and the fusion rate would be proportional to how rapidly one could bump up the loading.
I wonder. What would happen if high pressure were applied to resist the disruption of the lattice by increased deuterium pressure? Could that be done? I mean *really high* pressure. What would this do to the predominant species, i.e., how does the molecular form sit in the lattice at 1:1? It would have to be occupying two sites, straddling them, one deuteron in one site, the other in the other, sharing their electrons.
