Michael Foster wrote: > > >--- On Fri, 7/22/11, Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Neutrons from Piezonuclear Reactions >> http://aflb.ensmp.fr/AFLB-342/aflb342m669.pdf >> >> ABSTRACT. We report the results obtained by cavitating >> water solutions >> of iron salts (Fe(Cl)3 and Fe(NO3)3) with different >> concentrations >> at different ultrasound powers. In all cases we detected a >> neutron radiation well higher than the background level. >> The neutron >> production is perfectly reproducible and can at some extent >> be controlled. >> These evidences for neutron emission generated by >> cavitation >> support some preliminary clues for the possibility of >> piezonuclear reactions >> (namely nuclear reactions induced by pressure and shock >> waves) >> obtained in the last ten years. We have been able for the >> first time to >> state some basic features of such a neutron emission >> induced by cavitation, >> namely: 1) a marked threshold behavior in power, energy >> and >> time; 2) its apparent occurring without a concomitant >> production of >> radiation. >> (They used passive neutron detectors made by BTI.) >> >> slide show presentation >> http://iccf15.frascati.enea.it/ICCF15-PRESENTATIONS/S6_O5_Carpinteri_Lacidogna.pdf > >This is pretty interesting work. Do you have any idea why this guy used such >low concentrations of ferric compounds in the cavitation solution? Perhaps it is a safety precaution just in case gamma rays are ever produced. >He proposes that that piezonuclear reactions may be responsible for converting >iron to aluminum in the earths crust. It seems to me that using higher >>concentrations of iron compounds in the solution and letting the ultrasonic >cavitation continue for an extended time would give an opportunity to analyze >for >aluminum. The creation of aluminum in the solution would give a much >more convincing proof of the hypothesis than neutron detection. > >M.
Harry
