In reference to the following: Evidence of electromagnetic radiation from Ni-H Systems
http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/FocardiSevidenceof.pdf In an experimental series performed by Piantelli, he observed the production of either heat or gamma radiation but not both at the same time. In these experiments, the variable that seems to matter is the rate in which the hydrogen was loaded into the nickel lattice. Slow loading of hydrogen produces radiation, fast loading produced heat. Some additional insights can be drawn from what we know about Rossi’s reactor development path. When Rossi was early in this development, he saw gamma radiation including the 511 kev gamma ray footprint of radioactive decay residuals from copper fusion. >From the demo of the first one liter Rossi reactor during the time at startup when the lattice was cold, a massive radiation burst appeared for a second or two. From this, I deduce that the energy production mechanism will generate large amounts of radiation if the lattice is cold and the phonons present in the lattice are not energetic enough and/or the nickel has not yet reached the Curie temperature demagnetization threshold of nickel. One often reported problem of that early design stage was the generation of bursts of radiation during startup and shutdown. I assume that the lattice was cold or cooling at those times. Rossi was greatly concerned by these radiation bursts since this behavior would surely block commercialization of his reactor. He changed his design so that an external heater warmed the nickel lattice before the reaction was allowed to begin. This tells me strongly that there is a second quantum mechanical reaction that converts the radiation generated in the metal atom’s nucleus to thermal energy within the lattice. The lack of radioactive decay products after the Rossi reactor is shut down also speaks to a radiation thermalization and suppression mechanism. It is wise for the NiH reactor builder to heat the nickel lattice up to operating temperature before hydrogen is pumped into it. An interesting experiment would be to load radioactive potassium or cesium with hydrogen and heat in into the 400C range to determine if baseline radiation levels are reduced as a function of hydrogen pressure and temperature. Regards: Axil On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Mark Goldes <[email protected]> wrote: > Rossi has consistently refused to provide details of what is going on > inside the E-Cat reactor, but he has mentioned that gamma rays have been > detected. Recently in a video interview when asked about whether the E-Cat > was a ‘cold fusion’ technology he said, “we have found traces of fusion > because we have found 511 kev gamma rays at the output, which is the > emission of a positron and an electron, and a positron is the product of a > proton turning into a neutron, so we have some kind of fusion inside, but I > do not think this is the main energy source.” E-Cat World 2-9-12 > > This may be old news, but in case not... > > Mark > > Mark Goldes > Co-founder, Chava Energy > CEO, Aesop Institute > 301A North Main Street > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > > www.chavaenergy.com > www.aesopinstitute.org > >
