Robin - What is the energy available for Zr-94? That isotope does not show up in my reference for double beta decay.
The real beauty, as an elegant explanation for many LENR phenomena, of using "enhanced probability double beta decay" - (what I am calling DF) - is this: Since the daughter (ash) or transmuted isotope actually "needs" the two emitted electrons (betas) then they often NEVER LEAVE the atom - and are picked up in the new inner orbitals or the new species (molybdenum in this case). This explains the most difficult thing there is to justify in LENR - the nearly complete lack (not total lack) of a gamma or x-ray signature, not even a secondary. There could be a modest electron cascade of some sort, but generally there is no substantial nuclear gamma or x-ray signature in DF, yet there is lot of energy - roughly a 50,000:1 ratio, compared to combustion. Jones -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Hi, [snip] >The relation to the Arata experiment is this: That experiment has been >possibly misinterpreted heretofore, and it is NOT about deuterium per se - >but instead it is the first good evidence for a way to catalyze the DF >reaction of zirconium-96. [snip] The double beta decay of Zr-94 should also be possible (just). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
