In this case with silica - there is no apparent net gain of energy - the reaction is one-way and conservative.
One could do the same thing with aluminum nanopowder. It oxidizes releasing lots of hydrogen - end of story. In the case of Casimir and LENR, where the net reaction is gainful, there will be a conversion of mass into energy. Defining the correct route for the conversions of mass to energy is the theoretical hang-up. It could be protons fusing to deuterium as Ed Storms suggests, or not. My favorite explanation is that proton mass is an average mass, not quantized - and there is a natural route to extract some of it (few parts per million) in the form of magnons via the nickel catalyst. The magnon is the quantized spin wave which couples to a goldstone boson in the proton converting that bosonic mass to energy. Actually - that particular route would be available to silicon nano-particles if there was anomalous energy here, but no one is claiming anything more than a more rapid reaction. From: David Roberson It would be an excellent idea for me to have a better understanding of how the Casimir effect performs this function, but I have a hang up called the COE that must be overcome first. I always seek a combination of mass or other form of stored energy to become converted into the required energy. In this case, it takes a finite and well defined number of joules per gram to separate water into its constituents. Does this energy arise as a result of cooling of the remaining materials? That would be an interesting development and falls into place as an example of the type of process that was recently discussed on vortex. I recall someone suggesting that the cooling of water by the evaporation of some of the mass acted in a similar manner. If the water is separated and at the same time the temperature of the remaining water reduced I can imagine a lot of useful applications provided that the process proceeds at more than a snail's pace. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Jones Beene <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 6:21 pm Subject: RE: [Vo]:Hydrogen- via Nano Silicon and Water It looks like nano-silicon may be getting help from Casimir geometry and FRET. To quote: "In a series of experiments, the scientists created spherical silicon particles about 10 nanometers in diameter... and also created hydrogen about 150 times faster than similar reactions using silicon particles 100 nanometers wide." END of quote Possible message for LENR researchers - micron or even 100 nm geometry is not going to work very well and yet it is very costly to get smaller geometry: but you must find a way. 10 microns is incredibly small, 100 nanometers is 100 times smaller - but not small enough ... and thus the difficulty in replication of a robust effect. The Forster Radius (FRET) is 2-12 nanometers, and is well known in biology as a dimension where photons are far more active - and this it is exactly the same dimension where the Casimir force operates, is not coincidental. Nor is it coincidental that LENR (of the NiH variety) happens at this geometry. NiH reactions may involve some kind of photon chain reaction, especially UV photons From: Ron Kita Greetings Vortex, Feynman was correct- there is plenty of room at the bottom: Splitting Water with Nano-Silicon: http://phys.org/news/2013-01-scientists-silicon-hydrogen-demand.html Respectfully, Ron Kita, Chiralex Doylestown PA 18F
