In reply to David Roberson's message of Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:09:37 -0500 (EST): Hi, [snip] >Eric, the theory as you describe it is quite unusual. I understand energy >release of this nature as being due to an isomer transition within the >nucleus. Is that what is being proposed? We should review the charts and see >if there are know isomers of nickel which might be contributing to the energy >source. If none are known to science so far, perhaps Piantellii and his >partners have found a new one.
The idea of a negative hydride ion displacing an electron and orbiting close to the nucleus is something I posited on this list several years back, in relation to "Hydrino hydride". We were talking about an exchange between K & Ar. Perhaps Piantelli is seeing some evidence of this, and doesn't know what he's looking at. I have also on occasion suggested that a Hydrino might get close to another nucleus, and the shrunken electron might "jump ship" to the target nucleus (as it has a higher central charge than the proton), taking up a new even tighter orbit around the new nucleus than it did around the proton. This process would release a considerable amount of energy, and the proton left over from the Hydrino would be expected to be ejected from the atom, probably carrying much, if not all, of that energy. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
