Robin - When the proton (or hydrino) appears as a bound species - along with inherent negative charge, as happens with either pycno (or possibly with an expanded Mills' version) and which is nearly charge neutral from the inception, the need for neutrons to shield positive charge, is eliminated.
I think the magic number preference will still be valid, even with bound hydrinos. The failure of CQM to be relevant in this niche, as it should be otherwise, is that it neglects the implications of larger units than the hydride. This goes back to Mills extreme and irrational desire to distance himself from LENR. Too bad for Randy, as this detail may have caused him to miss the boat ... -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [ In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 26 Feb 2011 07:08:56 -0800: Hi, >If pycno is formed preferentially by the same geometric tendencies, we would expect to see it with >2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82, 126 protons. This is an interesting idea, but take into account that the magic numbers result from protons combined with neutrons, so protons alone may well be different. If Hydrinos are involved then I would expect clusters to be multiples of 2.
