Good point, David I should have checked that first. Unless huge amounts of Ni63 are created, it would not be useful. Perhaps, the Ni65 is viable since its half-life is 2.5 hours.
The webpage at - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel-68m2#Nickel-68m2 - references 63mNi and 65mNi. I cannot determine what those are. David Roberson wrote: > The half life of Ni63 is 98.7 years. That path would not be useful in > Rossi's device. > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pagnucco <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Jun 5, 2012 11:14 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:about Triumph Management (and LENR) > > > Thanks ny.min, > I assumed that a neutron was captured by 62Ni which then beta-decays to > 3Cu. (Unless my quick calculations are wrong,) when you substract the > inimum energy required to form a neutron from an electron + proton > approx. 780 Kev) from the energy released from that beta-day, you do wind > p with about an excess of over 0.006[u] energy - close to your > alculation. > I am not sure whether you are proposing direct proton capture via > creening. If not, it looks like either W-L theory, or hydrinos could > xplain the transmutations Rossi is claiming. > Lou Pagnucco > ny.min wrote: > http://sire.com/fusion.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: pagnucco <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Jun 4, 2012 10:49 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:about Triumph Management (and LENR) > > > > > David, > > Can you explain your conclusion. > I can't see how any energy is released in these Ni --> Cu > transmutations. > > Lou Pagnucco > > David Roberson wrote: > > I may have been a bit to fast in pointing out the possible > endothermic > > nature of the Ni62 and Ni64 reactions. They actually are the best > two > > isotopes to use if you were not to rely upon the beta plus decay for > a > > substantial portion of the energy release. They further are not > > susceptible to having the 511 keV gammas that would no doubt be > released > > by the reactions involving the other nickel isotopes since copper 63 > and > > 65 are stable and do not decay into nickel by that process. > > > > So, if Rossi is actually able to overcome the coulomb barrier by > some > > mechanism and his device only uses the Ni62 and Ni64 isotopes then > it > > could be functional. The energy released per atom for these
