In reply to Rich Murray's message of Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:58:20 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Other events, whose existence can only be due to nuclear reactions, were >observed at the end of the experiments by means of the SEM-EDAX >technique for the analysis of the used sample surfaces. Taking into >account the fact that the used system is the gas-metal couple, constituted >by hydrogen and nickel, if we find on the surfaces other elements, not >present in any component of the cell, they must come from nuclear >reactions. As reported in A5, on the whole we observed in remarkable >quantity Cu and Zn (with atomic number greater than Ni), F, Na, Mg, Al, >Si, P, S, Cl, K, Ca, Mn, Cr, Fe (Fig. 3). [snip]
These could easily be the result of the sort of fission reactions I described earlier based upon cluster fusion. Some other possibilities are: Ni-60 + 2H => Ni-58 + He-4 + 7.9 MeV and Ni-58 + 2H => Ni-56 + He-4 (prompt) + 5.8 MeV followed by Ni-56 => Co-56 (enhanced electron capture) + 1.7 MeV (gammas; rest lost to neutrinos) Co-56 => Fe-56 (enhanced electron capture?) + X MeV (complex; part lost to neutrinos). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
