--- On Mon, 5/9/11, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > He then claims that 58 g of Ni provides the equivalent > energy of > 30,000 tons of oil with the strangest calculation that > begins with 10 > MeV of energy per reaction. This is converted to mass > equivalent, > multiplied by Avogadro's number and, using Einstein's > equation, > converted back to energy!
What the...? That's not fission level energy, or even fusion level energy. That's talking within the order of magnitude of converting rest mass directly into energy. Assuming by ton of oil he means 'tonne of oil equivalent'... 30,000 tons of oil would yield 1.26x10^15J (42x10^9J/tonne of oil equivalent) Entire rest mass of 58g converted to energy yields 5.22x10^15J... So Rossi is claiming to be able to convert 24.14% of the ENTIRE REST MASS OF THE NICKEL CATALYST to energy??? Someone, tell me I did this math wrong, please. This has to be some theory of his, and not what really happens. The grocery list of stuff he claims in the ash reads like the near-collapse core of a massive star at the end of its life. Put another way, from that 58g of nickel can come the energy of a 300kT W87 nuclear warhead? And this produces no radiation, he didn't see the cheerful gin-and-tonic-under-a-blacklight blue glow and promptly die? God almighty, this thing was looking interesting, but its getting to where you can only twist one's arm so far before it gets ridiculous. If he can make a heat source that makes 100C steam, fine. It's grand, you can use it in any radiator in place of a oil-fired or gas-fired boiler. Even if you can't make high grade electricity due to thermodynamics, just a heater is damned important. But he's claiming to have something equivalent to a mass to energy converter in that little pipe, and no one has been char broiled? Is his hidden catalyst antimatter? I suppose the lead shielding (which ain't that fantastic from the look of things) keeps them from being cooked. Alright. Anyone know of radiation hazards produced by past tests of nickel and hydrogen under similar circumstances? Any unexplained deaths? Burns? Radiation sickness or sterility? Somebody should have pulled a Madame Curie by now, or at least saw something scintillating or fluorescing. So where is it? Confusing. --Kyle
