Great post Ed! I've thought along those same lines as well (as I'm sure many bright people have). I won't say that CF theory require miracles, but it does require something very unusual an unique. We already have one unique aspect; that being the Hydrated Metal. Astronomic properties of hydrated metals may be really interesting in the afterglow of a supernova. It might be interesting to look a the spectrum of a supernova afterglow for a metal hydride CF signature. Even measuring He4 content in Ni/Iron meteors really might suggest how robust the CF process is in the supernova aftermath where hydrogen/deterium/He4 might be embedded in the hot metal ejecta. An imbalance of He4 compared to T, d, p would do it.
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 8:38 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com>wrote: > I would like to provide some advice to people attempting to explain LENR. > This advice comes from someone who has studied the subject for the 23 > years, who has an extensive background in chemistry and physics, and who > has read almost every paper about the subject. I believe new ideas in > physics are required, so my approach is not based on an unwillingness to > explore new ideas. We know from centuries of observation and well developed > understanding of materials that a nuclear interaction, whether it be fusion > or transmutation, is not possible in normal material. Consequently, a > novel and rare condition must be created. > > Two separate questions require answers. > > 1. What aspect of a material is able to initiate a spontaneous nuclear > reaction? Something about a material must change and this change must > involve only a small part of the material, i.e. the NAE. Once this change > occurs, the nuclear interaction occurs spontaneously without extra energy > being required. This condition must be created first and be consistent > with the mechanism that causes the nuclear reaction in the NAE. This unique > feature has been suggested to be metal atom vacancies, deuterium atom > vacancies, clusters of D of various sizes with and without BEC being > involved, gaps of a small size, locations were neutrons can form or be > released, and unique features present in a highly loaded lattice that can > initiate fusion. These features must be consistent with known chemical > behavior and physical processes. No magic happens at this level. Although > the condition is consistent with conventional chemical behavior, it must > form rarely by random processes. > > 2. What mechanism can drain the mass-energy away from a collection of > hydrogen nuclei before the final nucleus is formed? The final nucleus can > be result from fusion or transmutation. This process must drain the energy > in a way that produces some detectable photon radiation, but not enough to > be consistent with the excess power. This draining process must be > complete before the final nucleus forms to avoid conflicts with the law of > conservation of momentum. The mechanism must logically explain how He4, > tritium, and transmutation are produced without energetic radiation being > detected. The mechanism must show a positive effect of temperature, must > occur in a variety of materials including oxides, must be sensitive to > magnetic fields and laser light, and must be initiated using a variety of > methods. These requirements are created by observed behavior and severely > limit the kind of mechanisms that are plausible. > > I have examined all the theories with these requirements in mind. My > first conclusion is that the NAE cannot be created in the lattice itself > without violating known facts about thermochemical behavior. This > conclusion leaves gaps as the only plausible location. Gaps have the > ability to form and host several types of clusters or structures. These > structures need to be explored to discover how they can drain the > mass-energy in a way that is consistent with requirement #2. This > "draining" process represents the missing knowledge about nuclear > interaction that cold fusion has revealed. I suggest the Nobel prize will > be found in the explanation of this "draining" process. > > Ed > >
