The recent discussion about water drops in steam has me thinking about how cold fusion might come about.
Consider that the process of condensation releases heat. Cold fusion might be like a process of condensation where a small drop and large drop fuse to form a larger drop. ( H nucleus + Ni nucleus) However if the drops vibrate at a high frequency condensation might be difficult to achieve at low temperatures. In other words under "normal" circumstances the drops appear hard to each other and effectively repel each other. One way to overcome the "hardness" is to slam the drops together at high velocity (which is the stragtegy of hot fusionists) Another way would be to alter the drop's harmonics to facilitate fusion at lower temperatures. The second method implies some sort of prelimary cooling of the drop to lower its harmonics. Harry On Sat, Nov 19, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com> wrote: > The energy necessary to create a surface big enough to surround all atoms of > a liquid is the enthalpy of boiling. This is a recent result and is pretty > accurate for a large range of > substances > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthalpy_of_vaporization#Physical_model_for_vaporization. > So, at boiling pressures, the bubble will decrease indefinitely since the > energy is enough to break surface tension up to atomic scales. If that > doesn`t happen, pressure will just increase, so that equilibrium is reached > and boiling temperature is raised. > > 2011/11/19 Alan Fletcher <a...@well.com> >> >> In small bubbles or small drops, surface tension is dominant. >> >> Pressure changes, so the PVT equilibrium can be different. >> >> I have a link somewhere for this .... I'm not sure if I put in my tube >> boiler analysis. >> And for the life of me, I can't remember if small drops grow or shrink in >> a particular PT environment. (There's a named formula). >> >
