On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:25 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote:
It appears that you would like to see an experiment where the mix of D to > P is adjusted. Have you seen any correlation in the data from earlier > tests that support the idea that a 50/50 mix would be the most active? > When it comes to Ni/H, I have almost no data to work with -- just a reaction that will not produce gammas (assuming it can even proceed). I do not know what Rossi has said on the topic, and I take Bob's word that Rossi has said that more D2 did not improve things. Here are some interesting thoughts to add, though: - This reaction does not produce 4He, which to my knowledge has only been seen with Pd/D and not with Ni/H. - In hot fusion, I believe p+d will proceed preferentially over d+d. - I do not necessarily think a ratio different from the natural one (1 D2 per ~6000 H2) would be more efficient -- there may be something about d clogging things up in the environment that would decrease the rate of reaction if there were more of it, although this is a parameter that could be fiddled with. So a ratio of 1:1 for d/p might work out or it might mess things up. - As I mentioned earlier, without some kind of recharging, the d in this scenario would be consumed and any reaction would peter out. I like this reaction more as the source of heat than one involving Ni+p and a specific isotope of Ni (or hydrinos, or hydrotons) simply because it sounds vaguely more plausible, and because it dovetails nicely with my favorite hypothesis for Pd/D, which is the d+d+Pd→4He+Pd reaction I'm always looking into. That is to say there is a mechanism for triggering the reaction (Auger-like kicking of the protons and deuterons when an x-ray comes in from the environment and scatters on an inner shell Nickel electron). So my reasons for liking this reaction are not very profound. Eric
