LENR is a two dimensional flat world type of topological reaction.
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 3:41 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Eric Walker's message of Wed, 4 Dec 2013 21:06:24 -0800: > Hi, > [snip] > >I wrote: > > > >On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 11:36 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Surely that depends on the distribution of the radioisotope within the > >>> metal? > >>> Since you created this hypothetical substance, it's up to you to say > >>> whether or > >>> not that's the case. ;) > >>> > >> > >> No doubt. :) But for my hypothetical substance, I will choose a > >> realistic substance -- an ampule of ordinary cesium (pure but not > enriched > >> in any way). How do we know that any of the gammas emitted by an ampule > >> originate from within the bulk of the cesium rather than being limited > to > >> the surface? > >> > > > >It occurs to me that earlier I had hypothesized a pure gamma emitter (such > >a thing may not exist, and even if any do, there may be no metals among > >them). > > There are a few pure gamma emitters, e.g. Hf178m. However it's not > difficult to > screen out the particle emissions from mixed emitters, and furthermore, if > a > spectral analysis of the gamma radiation is done, the intensity of gammas > with a > specific energy can be monitored. (Try Googling gamma spectrometry as a > starting > point.) > [snip] > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
