In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:53:08 -0500: Hi, [snip] >On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:59 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:38:04 -0500: > >> Note also that 6-7 MeV is the energy that you get from fusing a proton with >> a Ni >> nucleus, so a likely reaction is the fusion of a Hydrino molecule with a Ni >> nucleus, where one of the two protons fuses, and the other is ejected >> carrying >> the energy of the fusion reaction of the first proton. > >So, you don't buy Piantelli's theory that H- ions are formed within >the lattice by capturing an extra electron then the entire ion is >being captured by the Ni nucleus due to the H- ion overcoming the >Coulomb barrier? > >T
I haven't seen the paper wherein he does the actual calculations, so I don't know what assumptions he is making, but it strikes me as unlikely, is as much as H- is fairly common, yet isn't normally known for suddenly disappearing into neighbouring nuclei. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
