I was wondering about RC just the other day and wondered how his vortex/microwave work has progressed. I have sent a copy of this to his last known email address hoping that he might stick his welcomed nose in to update us and maybe share a story from the Dimebox(?) Salloon.
T On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Wm. Scott Smith > > >> I'm not a nuclear physicist, but I have long-wondered: If U238 >> >>>Plutonium, then mightn't Bismuth tend to go to Polonium---which is really >> nasty stuff and highly radioactive---many thousands of times more >> radioactive than Plutonium. > > > > Bismuth has an extremely low cross-section for neutrons. It is a strange > metal, perhaps the strangest element in the periodic table. The 126 neutrons > is a "magic number" and the metal "should" make an excellent coolant for a > nuclear reactor, since it does not absorb neutrons easily, but there are > “problems” that have prevented that – curiously related to plumbing. > > > > Here is an old thread on vortex. (whatever happened to Richard M, anyone > know ?) > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01281.html > > > > As noted - there is/was a "UFO connection" to Bismuth but that may have been > debunked by now. It is also found in high temp superconductors, and > thermoelectrics, and dielectrics. What a trifecta. > > > > For another instance of weirdness, even though the 209 isotope is listed in > some references as 100%, the metal is slightly radioactive. 209Bi is > technically in the category of four-nines (99.99).The reason for this is not > clear, and some would say it is due to trace isotopes of another element, > but it is easy to test a "pure" sample of bismuth and see a significant > count above background. In fact my Oxford reference data, it does list three > bismuth isotopes as "trace" - 210, 212, and 214. But given the short half > life of all of them, there must be a mechanism to replenish them, or else > there should not even be the trace. > > > > Given the lore, I would love to see some results in a LENR setup. > > > > Jones > > > > Now for a bit of PS humor wrt an old message : > > > > Ø … Professor Ron Mallet [snip] who intends on using circulating laser > beams hopes to receive messages from the future ... I have written him > without reply … > > > > Ø FR: I have also had trouble getting him to respond--- > > > > > > Guys – did you look in your old email folder? <g> He may have responded > using the laser beam system to get into cyberspace, and consequently, the > response came back before you sent the question … > >
