One thing which I have not emphasized enough is that 64Ni is NOT a halo nucleus per se, and in fact all of the isotopes in that halo category are very short-lived and of no use in a real device.
The (potential) value of this isotope may be the fact that it is on the edge of stability, however, and of all transition metals apparently has the unique place of being the highest percent of excess neutrons, relative to the most stable isotope of that element. That may or may not be meaningless. The above caveat will be included in the next draft. Set your SPAM filters accordingly. Jones From: Jones Beene The following is a third draft of a formative hypothesis for excess energy release in one category of LENR involving nickel as the active host; and in particular the Arata-Zhang results and numerous replications...
