Please remember, we are discussing two entirely different reactions.
Hot fusion does not care about the temperature or nature of the
general environment. Only the energy of individual deuterons matters.
The result are fragments of helium. This reaction was initiated in
plasma produced by the atom bomb. Cold fusion can not occur in such an
environment.
Cold fusion, on the other hand, is very sensitive to the temperature
of the environment, being more rapid at high temperature. It only
occurs in condensed matter and produces helium without radiation. It
is pointless and confusing to discuss hot- and cold-fusion at the same
time.
Ed
On Feb 10, 2013, at 7:35 PM, David Roberson wrote:
Low temperatures initially? Too bad it did not remain that way.
Actually, I was seeking evidence of a low energy reaction. You did
bring up an interesting point however. How would you expect the
BECs to influence the overall reaction in this particular case?
Could they have caused the yield to exceed expectations? Would that
also tend to generate nasty radioactive elements that do not
normally occur in other designs? We may be on to something that
needs to be explored.
I am attempting to get a handle on the equivalent pressure that
would be required to force Ds to be in the proximity that they find
themselves within if they share a hole within a metal matrix. This
must be enormous compared to the density they exhibit at room
temperature. Add this elevated pressure and laser cooling, or other
methods that reduce the relative motion between them and something
interesting might result.
Then, of course there are random variations in the energy of Ds that
naturally occur. It makes me wonder if being trapped in a tiny
cavity would tend to allow instantaneous cooling to occur under the
right circumstances.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: Jones Beene <[email protected]>
To: vortex-l <[email protected]>
Sent: Sun, Feb 10, 2013 9:20 pm
Subject: RE: [Vo]:Bose Einstein Condensate formed at Room Temperature
From: David Roberson
This is why I ask whether or not fusion has been proven to occur
with very low temperature deuterons. I am not aware that anyone
makes that claim and it would add support to the other theory if
proven.
Yes – an early hydrogen bomb called “Mike” put millions of tons of
radioactivity into the air in the fifties, creating untold numbers
of health problems today - but that is probably not the answer you
are looking for. Although the yield was surprising – so perhaps BECs
were involved, come to think of it.
BTW – “Mike” used liquid deuterium in a large thermos as the main
fuel - with a small fission trigger. No tritium was needed. The
output was over 10 megatons of TNT – and that exceeded all of the
explosives used in WW II, including the small fission bombs dropped
on Japan - which were similar to Mike’s trigger.
About 95% of Mike’s energy came from the fusion of liquid deuterium
at very low temperature - initially J
Cough, cough…
