On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 4:09 PM, <torulf.gr...@bredband.net> wrote: > There is a claim that successive transmutations threw addition of protons > or deuterons actually is an mass spectroscopy error made from formations of > molecules. > I remember some details along those lines. Using mass spectrometry of an insufficient resolution will get people in trouble if they forget about other possible species. I believe if you have a nice mass spectrometer you can resolve the peaks sufficiently to distinguish between species of similar mass. I recall there being other ways than mass spectrometry to do isotopic analysis as well. But isotopic analysis does not sound like something for the faint of heart.
BTW, in my earlier note I said that the combinations X + p and X + d were common. I now remember that these two reactions were not enough to explain everything. Eric
