>From Jones: ...
> 9) The gain per metastable atom is at least ~100,000 times chemical but far > less than fission or fusion - and the only ash seen is in a change isotope > ratio of the tellurium (or other metastable fuel) with occasionally nuclear > transmutations due to the small proportion of high energy photons that do > not couple to the ZPF but end up in 3-space instead. > From: While trying to educate myself on the mysteries of the element, Tellurium, I came across the following tidbit: From: http://www.ptable.com/ Excerpt: ************************* Precautions Tellurium and tellurium compounds are considered to be mildly toxic and need to be handled with care, although acute poisoning is rare.[59] Tellurium is not reported to be carcinogenic.[59] Humans exposed to as little as 0.01 mg/m3 or less in air develop "tellurium breath", which has a garlic-like odor.[50] The garlic odor that is associated with human intake of tellurium compounds is caused from the tellurium being metabolized by the body. When the body metabolizes tellurium in any oxidation state, the tellurium gets converted into dimethyl telluride, (CH3)2Te, which is volatile and is the cause of the garlic-like smell. Even though the metabolic pathways of tellurium are not known, it is generally assumed that they resemble those of the more extensively studied selenium, because the final methylated metabolic products of the two elements are similar.[60][61][62] ************************* Of particular interest: "...tellurium gets converted into dimethyl telluride, (CH3)2Te, which is volatile..." The first thing that popped in my fecund activated brain was wondering if tellurium poisoning might also help explain some of the mysterious cases of Spontaneous Human Combustion we occasionally hear about. these victims tend to end up being almost entirely consumed by a VERY INTENSE SOURCE OF HEAT! It would be interesting to know whether there exists anecdotal evidence to suggest that some of these victims had bad breath - "garlic breath." I gather many SHC victims were not in the best of health, which also suggests the possibility that some might have been suffering from some kind of metabolic poisoning. (Don't light a match!) Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
