Alan--
I watched the Hagelstein 5th day lecture last night. With respect to the
NiH system some of his optic and sonic coupling arguments went over my head.
I did understand the electron shielding argument associated with overcoming
the coulomb repulsion issue in the Ni matrix. Its not apparent how this
shielding would function at a surface, however.
I thought that the solubility of H in nano Ni particles may be considerably
higher than it is in bulk Ni. In the Defkalion system there is apparently a
Ni matrix which would have low H concentration compared to the nano Ni with
its high surface area to volume ratio. This would help focus the energetic
reaction in the nano particles and preserve the integrity of the base Ni
matrix, keeping the fuel in tact.
Hagelstein did not significantly address spin conservation and coupling
between the H, D and electrons or spin of the Ni or Pd atoms themselves.
This coupling may be buried in his equations and operators--I'm not sure.
I think spin coupling is important, particularly with whatever magnetic
fields exist within the respective systems.
Finally, I do not think Hagelstein addressed the electron-positron reaction
with its 0.51 MEV gammas that Rossi and Focardi have identified associated
with Cu isotope production, nor other radiation observed in various
experiments on the NiH system done by Focardi and others. Check out:
Focardi, S., Gabbani, V., Montalbano, V., Piantelli, F. and Veronesi, S.,
Focardi, S., et al. "Evidence of Electromagnetic Radiation From Ni-H
Systems," Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Condensed
Matter Nuclear Science, Marseille, France, (2004)
I would be surprised that Focardi did not monitor He-3 and/or H-3, for the
same reason Hagelstein indicated interest in He-3 production in the NiH
experiments.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Fletcher" <[email protected]>
To: "vortex-l" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 6:40 PM
Subject: [Vo]:MIT Course Day 5 -- NiH Systems
All of Ruby Carat's/Jeremy Ry's videos are now up
http://coldfusionnow.org/2014-cold-fusion-101-video-lectures/
Particularly day 5 Hagelstein
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Al7NMQLvATo
From my cryptic notes (H:M) :
1:25 : he disagrees with Ed Storms, because you need the electron
cloud/Gamow factor
for the reaction rates. (Gives up 10 orders of magnitude)
1:29 NiH
Talks about H2 clustering in Ni
Keywords are Fukai phase and elevated vacancy formation
1:50+- Phonon/Accoustic coupling should be about 8Thz -- compare with the
recent
discussion about Bushnell's 5-30Thz stimulation
(Actually I couldn't see Bushnell saying that)
Says Piantelli encountered charge generation -- compare Rossi EMF
and
Defkalion Magnetic effects (I think it comes from He3 creation)
2:05 Briefly discusses Rossi and Defkalion. Says that their COP from Ni
powder
is in line with Piantelli's rod.
Says they should NOT be dismissed out of hand.
My thoughts : since H doesn't easily diffuse into Ni (Unlike D in Pd) it's
more
likely to be a surface effect.
