You pose an interesting question. Perhaps the fresh helium leads to an increase in the number of NAE that form due to its interaction with the metal. Who knows?
I have long wondered if evidence exists for a limited chain reaction of some sort since some of the earlier surface pictures appeared to demonstrate explosive crater formations. Perhaps Ed or someone has seen very strong evidence that each LENR event is entirely independent of the next one and limited in scale to just one helium formation. Is anyone aware of evidence in support to this hypothesis? I could imagine that some form of precursor event is required before another can be initiated. Perhaps our favorite spark plug in the form of a cosmic ray deposits the secret ingredient that then allows for the follow up LENR action. No one could doubt that a cosmic ray has sufficient energy to trigger a small nuclear fusion reaction. We need to be careful not to automatically reject such a nuclear event as being inconsistent since no high energy radiation is evident. I would contend that a cosmic ray represents a very high level of high energy radiation by itself. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Paul Breed <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Feb 22, 2013 4:25 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:explaining LENR -III >The fusion process has a beginning and an ending. It is not continuous. Once >the He forms, the reaction must stop until the He leaves the site and more D >takes its place. Has anyone melted a working cathode to see if it contains any trapped He? We all believe LENR is a surface effect, but its possible that its a bulk effect, that only works once then is dependent on giving He a way to escape to the surface?
