Naïve metaphorical approach to Rossi's claim. Imagine a number of strong springs subject to compressive loads. The strongest spring gives the fastest return to normal geometry following compression, but it is always less than a full 100% return.
What is the limiting factor on how close to 100% return of energy is available? Whatever that factor consists of, arguably makes the spring more subject to catastrophic failure. This kind of 5th year logic explains why it is true that in Nature - the nucleus with the highest binding strength is found in such low enrichment. By all rights Ni-62 should represent more than 3.6 percent of all nickel atoms since it has what appears to be the highest bonding strength. But there are other factors involved. Anyway - most ductile metals, like nickel, are tough because the atoms are forced together by a "sea of electrons", not to be confused with the sea of Dirac. OTOH maybe the two should be confused. The negative charge agglomeration (glue) is subject to self-limiting Coulomb forces. At the limit of electron cohesive strength, we may also find a coupling to nuclear stability - and we may also find the beginning of the next plateau of "friability" (to continue the metaphor). Thus Ni-62 having reached the pinnacle of nuclear strength among all elements, could be in a slot where it can fail catastrophically in a way that is triggered by electron collapse, which forces an adjacent proton to merge with into new nucleus. Oops, we must first make that "proton" become bosonic - which is the DDL atom (deep Dirac layer), so as to appear bosonic. Roger and out, wave function collapse, the new magic - no problemo <g>. http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg72566.html _____________________________________________ If Rossi's invention works - and for the reason supplied in the application, and if one wanted to apply standard logic to "why" the isotope with the highest binding energy per nucleon of all known nuclides is responsible, then perhaps one could pose the argument that: the one with the most - has the most to spare... To continue with a little more punagement, one could opine this kind of logic makes it Marx... ... but is it Karl or Groucho? Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.... Karl Marx A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.... Groucho Marx _____________________________________________ On April 15th, an update has been made to the Rossi patent application at the European Patent Office - which was mentioned previously here. https://register.epo.org/espacenet/application?documentId=EUIP5C400118284&nu mber=EP08873805&lng=en&npl=false As you can see, Nickel-62 is featured in Claim One as the active species for the reaction, essentially making this patent very specific. The curious factoid ... or "irony" is that Ni-62 (NOT an iron isotope) - is a singularity in a way, being the isotope with the highest binding energy per nucleon of all known nuclides (~8.8 MeV per) and yet here it is being identified as active for the anomalous energy Rossi claims to have found with hydrogen. Jones On the one hand, if there is true gain in this device primarily due to properties of this isotope - being a singularity could be an important clue. OTOH it is most surprising that the physical property for which it derives its uniqueness - is the opposite of what one logically expects in the situation.
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