On Thurs Oct 27, 2011 Horace said [snip] It does not seem credible the energy from a Ni-H reaction, at least in the form of one gamma per reaction, provides any explanation for 1 MW of heat, if that thermal power is in fact achieved.[/snip]
Horace, Assuming the thermal power is in fact achieved, and the reaction is not Ni-H, what do you feel is the next most credible theory ? Fran -----Original Message----- From: Horace Heffner [mailto:hheff...@mtaonline.net] Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 7:49 AM To: Vortex-L Subject: EXTERNAL: [Vo]:Rossi H and Ni consumption From: http://www.rossilivecat.com/ Quote: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Andrea Rossi October 25th, 2011 at 4:59 PM Dear Thomas Blakeslee: Grams/Power for a 180 days charge Hydrogen: 18000 g Nickel: 10000 g Warm Regards, A.R. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - End quote. At atomic weight of 1.0079 the 18000 gm of H is 1786 mols. At an atoommic weight of 58.69 the 10,000 gm of Ni is 170.4 mol. This means 10.48 atoms of H need be provided per 1 atom of Ni. Assuming the reaction is Ni-H, as claimed, only about 1 in 10 atoms of H is consumed, thus 170.4 mols of H and a170.4 mols of Ni are consumed, maximum. This involves the obviously wrong assumption that all the Ni atoms are transmuted, not a more realistic 3 percent. There is also an outside possibility the H reacts with daughter products, giving the possibility of 10 subsequent daughter reactions per primary Ni+H reaction. Three such reactions is an outside possibility. One MW for 180 days is 1.556x10^13 J, or 10^7 MJ. That is (6.241x10^24 eV/MJ)*(1.556x10^13 J)/(170.4 mol * 6.022x10^23 atoms / mol) = 9.464x10^5 eV/(Ni atom). If there is one reaction per atom and all Ni is consumed by single reactions than that is 0.9464 MeV per Ni-H event. The gammas from this would be lethal at short range, even through 2 cm of lead. If it is assumed that 3% of the Ni is consumed then that is 0.9464 MeV/0.03 = 31.5 MeV per reaction. If there are an average of 3 daughter reactions per primary reactions that is about 10 Mev per reaction. If 10 MeV gammas are produced then 5 cm of lead shielding will be of no use in protecting the operators. If near 1 MeV gammas are produced the lead shielding is inadequate. One MW of gammas is 6.241x10^24 eV/s, or, for 1 MeV gammas, 6.24x10^18 gammas per second. using: I = I0 * exp(-mu * rho * L) where mu for 1 MeV is 0.02 cm^2/gm), and density of lead 11.34 gm/ cm^3, we have for 5 cm of lead: I = (6.24x10^18 s^-1) * exp(-(0.02 cm^2/gm) * (11.34 gm/cm^3) *(5 cm)) I = 2x10^18 free gammas per second. About half that, or 10^18 gammas/s would be directed toward the interior of the container housing the E-cats, and most of the 2x10^18 gammas per second would end up escaping the container. This is an approximate calculation. Even if it is off by an order of magnitude, this kind of 1 MeV gamma flux, even 1/32 of it from one E-cat, would be readily detected by a geiger counter at significant range. It does not seem credible the energy from a Ni-H reaction, at least in the form of one gamma per reaction, provides any explanation for 1 MW of heat, if that thermal power is in fact achieved. Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/