I wrote This is not the "proof" we wanted :) It was intended to be humorous....Rossi does major 1MW test at the end of October and in November there is a radioactive pollution across Europe from an unknown source. The skeptics would be proven wrong and the optimists would be wishing the skeptics were right :)
Smile Jones :) On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Jeff Sutton > > > This is not the "proof" we wanted :) > > > http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mystery-radiation-detected-europe/story?id=149 > 32064#.Tr1zdcNFunA > < > http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/mystery-radiation-detected-europe/story?id=14 > 932064> > > This story involves the release of iodine-131, apparently alone (or else it > could related to an accident at a specific source). Notably, Iodine-131 can > potentially come from tellurium in a low energy nuclear reaction (with or > without W-L theory). > > The release could be from mishandling spent fuel, or from an unreported > accident (Iran and Israel come to mind as countries which would not report > it) but the Rossi reactor is not ruled out. In fact, Rossi has a known > history with tellurium and since only iodine is seen, it is a curious state > of affiars. > > But, even though this is a possible scenario, and the catalyst in E-Cat > could be tellurium, element 52, it is admittedly NOT likely - but > nevertheless it should be mentioned, for the sake of future reference if > nothing else. > > Tellurium was considered to be a good catalyst candidate early on, since it > forms into 2D layers in a way that seems to mirror the dense hydrogen state > - "pycno". "Topologically protected surface states" are the important 2D > feature of bismuth telluride. Rossi's long history with bismuth telluride > goes back to his years in New Hampshire with Leonardo, and the failed TEG > project. > > In the presence of spillover hydrogen, 'topologically protected surface > states' points towards a possible operative mechanism for the E-Cat device. > Wiki has an entry: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological_insulator > > A topological insulator is a material that behaves as a thermal insulator > in > its interior while permitting the movement of charges on its boundary. In > fact bismuth-telluride conducts electricity like a metal but conducts heat > poorly - like glass. The internal stress resulting for this contradictory > set of physical properties on must be severe. This stress will create > nano-cracking, cavity formation, and local pressurization. The material may > allow spillover hydrogen to accumulate via mirror charges (Lawandy), and > then further densify in nanocavities, which are more like surface > nano-pits. > Heat is retained deep in the pit but not at the surface, providing a high > stress-interface. > > Tellurium's most stable isotope is 130 - and it is extremely 'neutron rich' > so that the addition of a proton would be expected in result in unstable > iodine 131. > > Jones > >
