On Feb 5, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Jones Beene wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: Horace Heffner
JB: As we mentioned in previous postings, any nuclear reaction
with Rb is
extremely unlikely, if we assume it is related in any way to a
thermonuclear
reaction.
HH: I think this is true. OTOH, the fact that a gas, Kr, would be
produced from a Rb Bose condensate wavefunction collapse, it is very
tempting to think such a thing is possible.
JB: Well, I'm not sure why 'any gas' would be preferential,
It is not that gasses per say are preferential at all. It is a
matter of energy. Only those reactions that yield net energy occur
(at least according to conventional theory). When I gave the
following reactions as the only "Energetically Feasible Stable Bose
Condensate Pairs X, Y Resulting from Reactions of the Form: Rb + Rb --
> X + Y + energy", this means I checked all such possible reactions,
and these were the only 85Rb + 85Rb reactions yielding positive energy:
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 86Sr38 + 84Kr36 + 2.620 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 87Sr38 + 83Kr36 + 00.527 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 88Sr38 + 82Kr36 + 4.177 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 89Y39 + 81Br35 + 1.342 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 90Zr40 + 80Se34 + 2.193 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 92Zr40 + 78Se34 + 1.145 MeV
When I backed off the energy by 2 MeV I got more:
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 86Kr36 + 84Sr38 + -0.425 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 85Rb37 + 85Rb37 + 00.000 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 86Sr38 + 84Kr36 + 2.620 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 87Sr38 + 83Kr36 + 00.527 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 88Sr38 + 82Kr36 + 4.177 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 89Y39 + 81Br35 + 1.342 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 90Zr40 + 80Se34 + 2.193 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 92Zr40 + 78Se34 + 1.145 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 94Zr40 + 76Se34 + -1.816 MeV
Now here is a much more interesting variation. When I allowed short
half-life product nuclei and required net energy from each reaction I
still obtained the first set of reactions. But, when I permitted
radioactive products and an energy deficit of up to 2 MeV, this is
the much larger list I obtained:
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 85Kr36 * + 85Sr38 * + -1.752 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 86Kr36 + 84Sr38 + -0.425 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 85Rb37 + 85Rb37 + 00.000 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 86Rb37 * + 84Rb37 * + -1.838 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 87Rb37 + 83Rb37 * + -0.662 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 85Sr38 * + 85Kr36 * + -1.752 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 86Sr38 + 84Kr36 + 2.620 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 87Sr38 + 83Kr36 + 00.527 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 88Sr38 + 82Kr36 + 4.177 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 89Sr38 * + 81Kr36 * + -0.431 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 90Sr38 * + 80Kr36 + -0.501 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 89Y39 + 81Br35 + 1.342 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 90Y39 * + 80Br35 * + -1.958 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 91Y39 * + 79Br35 + -1.921 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 90Zr40 + 80Se34 + 2.193 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 91Zr40 + 79Se34 * + -0.527 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 92Zr40 + 78Se34 + 1.145 MeV
85Rb37 + 85Rb37 --> 94Zr40 + 76Se34 + -1.816 MeV
The radioactive products above are flagged with a asterisk.
I think this speaks as to one aspect of why heavy element LENR tends
to create stable products. The unstable products have larger masses,
thus leaving no energy (or less energy) for the reaction to be pulled
off as the deflated electrons gradually reduce their binding energy
and escape the nucleus, thus permitting the most energetic reactions
to occur first, thus tending to prevent the reactions which create
radioactive nuclei.
In the case of Rb + Rb it is somewhat coincidental that *no* reaction
is energetically feasible that creates a radioactive product. It is
also true that no deflated electron energy deficits were involved in
the calculations, but this case still demonstrates one aspect of how
the creation of radioactive products is suppressed in heavy element
LENR.
There is also the question as to why fission would be expected, and
not typical small particle decays, e.g. beta, proton, or alpha decay,
etc. One reason is that fission occurs when Z^2/A > 47. In this case
(2*37)^2/47^2 = 32.2, so no fission should be expecte, conventionally
speaking. However, It seems to me that expanding wavefuction
electrons in the nucleus, post BEC collapse, likely exert a powerful
influence on fission via nucleus kinetic interaction, vacuum energy
supplied Schrodinger pressure, and negative nuclear halo production,
all of which which expand the nucleus and tear it apart.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
