This question made me check out Walter Russell's Periodic Chart of the Elements, and in there, Nickel and Copper are right next to eachother in the 7th octave, listed as isotopes. On top of Nickel there's Cobalt, and below Copper there's Zinc, Gallium and Germanium. http://www.flickr.com/photos/esaruoho/2357267257/sizes/o/in/photostream/
So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that someone would be muck around with Nickel and end up with Copper. On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote: > Has it ever be explained, using stellar nucleosynthesis theory, why > naturally occurring nickel and copper have the isotopic distribution > that they have? > Harry > > > *From:* Stephen A. Lawrence <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wed, April 6, 2011 10:33:19 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:RE: [Vo]:Swedish physicists on the E-cat: "It's a > nuclear reaction" / The used powder contains ten percent copper > > > > On 04/06/2011 10:23 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > > Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > > The mundane reason for the appearance of iron an copper is >> electromigration. >> > > Where are the electric fields that would cause electromigration? There are > no fields in copper pipes as far as I know. > > Kullander does say ". . . it’s remarkable that nickel-58 and hydrogen can > form copper-63 (70%) and copper-65 (30%)." > > I guess that means they measured the isotopes. > > > He *said* they measured the isotopes. > > He said, specifically, the ratios for both nickel and copper didn't vary > from natural abundances: "The isotopic analysis through ICP-MS *doesn’t > show any deviation from the natural isotopic composition* of nickel and > copper." > > > They used XRFS and ICP-MS. XRFS measures only elements as I recall, > whereas ICP-MS detects isotopes. > > It would be a little odd if the reaction produced copper with a natural > isotopic distribution. > > > That's a marvelous understatement! And don't forget that the nickel wasn't > differentially depleted, either -- its ratios were natural, as well. > > It's more likely that Levi is in on the gag than that transmutation from > nickel to copper produced "natural" isotope ratios in the ash. The former > merely requires the assumption that a few humans are acting unusually stupid > (which happens frequently). The latter requires something close to a > miracle (and miracles are very rare). > > > > - Jed > >
