p+B11 => 3He4 + energy is called a *nuclear* chemistry equation. There is good reason to believe no boranes will be stable products from the chemistry of these systems.
On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Ron Kita <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings Vortex-L > > Boron and Hydrogen and Boron Hydride....soooooo extremely toxic. > I think that it is poisonous to the touch..reasonably certain. > > > Respectfully, > Ron Kita, Chiralex > > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 11:51 PM, James Bowery <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pyrex is borosilicate glass. Any system using pyrex would involve boron >> as a potential low level contaminant. >> >> Papp claimed that the boron powder that appeared in his cylinder was a >> reaction *product*. However, no one was ever able to get his engine to >> work in the absence of his careful preparation of the "fuel". >> >> The fission reaction p+B11 => 3He4 + energy is well known as an >> aneutronic reaction which produces Helium ash. >> >> I don't pretend to understand the mechanism by which the proton could >> overcome the coloumb barrier in either of these systems, but it would >> explain a lot if they were p+B11 => 3He4 + energy systems. >> >> Did Rossi figured this out and start using the well known catalyst Nickel >> Boride as his secret "catalyst"? >> >> Did Papp throw everyone yet another curve-ball by secretly including >> boron and hydrogen in his "noble gas fuel"? >> >> I only ask these questions. >> > >
