In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:01:37 -0800: Hi, [snip] >At this juncture, giving the inventor benefit of doubt, and since Rossi >seems convinced that the main reaction involves a proton and a nickel >nucleus, then we would have to conclude the relatively cold hydrogen >sustains the chain. > >How then are a few randomly selected protons accelerated from moderately >cold to very hot without most of the rest getting appreciably hotter?
Not necessary. They don't have to be hot to participate in the chain, because it's not the sort of chain reaction you are thinking of. Remember a few days ago I mentioned an "avalanche effect"? - that was the chain reaction. It's a Hydrino molecule creation chain reaction. The actual fusion rate is still limited by the tunneling time, but the number of participating particles can increase even far more rapidly than in a conventional fission reaction. In a fission reaction you are looking at roughly a doubling with each reaction, in this case under "ideal" circumstances it could be up to a 1000 fold with each reaction. That means that the number of reacting particles hits the roof almost instantly, but the overall number of reacting particles is limited by the number of H atoms available at any one location, so iso a bomb all you get is a localized hot spot. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
