Idea with this fusion is that in fusion two light nucleous merge. But there is no good evidence that this reaction is plausible in low energy (without muons). However LENR does not exactly specify what does happen, but has more experimental approach.
But in my opinnion Steven is perhaps wrong with the idea that LENR processes are neutron capture events. But anyway he is right that process should not be called as fusion because there is no solid theory that explains that fusion really occurs. Should we also call fusion reactions that are happenning at supernova explosions when heavy elements are formed rather as LENR? Or is the theory solid enough to exclude LENR? —Jouni On Jun 17, 2011 8:46 AM, "Harry Veeder" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- >> From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >> Sent: Wed, June 15, 2011 10:52:34 PM >> Subject: Re: [Vo]:Steve Krivit's initiative >> >> At 02:15 PM 6/14/2011, Alan Fletcher wrote: >> > He sure is a hard-liner on the term "Cold Fusion". >> > >> > >> > ---------- >> > Krivit's previous blog entry is a doozy: >> > >>< http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/06/06/cold-fusion-may-ye-rest-in-peace/> http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/06/06/cold-fusion-may-ye-rest-in-peace/ >> >> >> He's nuts on this. There is some ambiguity in the term "fusion," a confusion >>between process and result. If I have a black box and you put deuterium in, and >>get helium and energy out, is it a "fusion box"? Or does fusion refer only to a >>specific process, say two deuterons being slammed together at high velocity, or >>coaxed together with some catalyst, such as muons? > > > Abd, > You hit the nail on the head. > Does the term 'fusion' identify a special process or does it refer to the end > result(s) of a unspecified process? > > > It seems to me that without an adjective in front of the word 'fusion', the > nature of the process remains unspecified. However, because the plasma/hot > fusion physicists have dominated the field of fusion research for the last 60 > years, the fusion process known as plasma fusion or hot fusion, has > become indistinquishable from the term 'fusion' in the mind of many physicists. > > > > Harry >
