I was thinking about catalytic action inside a Casimir cavity vs an individual atom of catalyst. According to Moddel "Assessment of proposed electromagnetic quantum vacuum energy extraction methods" <http://www.calphysics.org/articles/Moddel_VacExtrac.pdf> “In the case of the Lamb shift the nucleus of the atom (a single proton for hydrogen) slightly modifies the quantum vacuum in its vicinity. The result is that the 2P1/2 and 2S1/2 orbitals, which should have the same energy, are slightly shifted since they spread over slightly different distances from the nucleus, and hence experience a slightly different electromagnetic quantum vacuum. The electromagnetic quantum vacuum can be altered in a much more significant way in a Casimir cavity. Hence the term, Casimir-Lamb shift.” In normal catalytic action the catalyst can mix with the reactants to provide lower energy paths to the same end results between the reactants Where the catalyst is reformed but the transition for the reactants is much faster than the direct path. Mills animations on the BLP website convey this for the hydrino showing 3 body collisions. Theses collisions represent the electrical fields of orbitals interacting with each other and vacuum fluctuations. So if you consider the “much more significant” changes in vacuum fluctuations produced by a Casimir cavity then the question becomes can catalysts interact with the fields of the reactants at a “much more significant “ distance - could the accumulated field act like a virtual catalyst to form intermediate reactions between X and Y? Would the field interact with the fields of X and Y to actually form catalytic intermediates like XC and YC as if the atoms were actually in proximity of a C atom instead of a Casimir field? Could these “virtual interactions” between just a field and the reactants produce “virtual intermediaries” that still allow the energy savings of the intermediate route without a collision? Regards
Fran -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Catalysis >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Catalysts generally react with one or more reactants to form intermediates that subsequently give the final reaction product, in the process regenerating the catalyst. The following is a typical reaction scheme, where C represents the catalyst, X and Y are reactants, and Z is the product of the reaction of X and Y: X + C → XC (1) Y + XC → XYC (2) XYC → CZ (3) CZ → C + Z (4) Although the catalyst is consumed by reaction 1, it is subsequently produced by reaction 4, so for the overall reaction: X + Y → Z As a catalyst is regenerated in a reaction, often only small amounts are needed to increase the rate of the reaction. In practice, however, catalysts are sometimes consumed in secondary processes. Catalysts work by providing an (alternative) mechanism involving a different transition state and lower activation energy, consequently, more molecular collisions have the energy needed to reach the transition state. Hence, catalysts can enable reactions that would otherwise be blocked or slowed by a kinetic barrier. The catalyst may increase reaction rate or selectivity, or enable the reaction at lower temperatures.
