Such is the nature of bets and speculative investing.
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:16 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > In reply to Axil Axil's message of Mon, 3 Mar 2014 22:24:17 -0500: > Hi, > [snip] > >Don't you remember this item? > > > >Castleman and his team -- which includes *Samuel Peppernick*, a former > Penn > >State graduate student who now is a postdoctoral researcher at the Pacific > >Northwest National Laboratory, and *Dasitha Gunaratne*, a Penn State > >graduate student -- used a technique, called photoelectron imaging > >spectroscopy, to examine similarities between titanium monoxide and > nickel, > >zirconium monoxide and palladium, and tungsten carbide and platinum. > >"Photoelectron spectroscopy measures the energy it takes to remove > >electrons from various electronic states of atoms or molecules, while > >simultaneously capturing snapshots of these electron-detachment events > with > >a digital camera," said Castleman. "The method allows us to determine the > >binding energies of the electrons and also to observe directly the nature > >of the orbitals in which the electrons resided before they were detached. > >We found that the amount of energy required to remove electrons from a > >titanium-monoxide molecule is the same as the amount of energy required to > >remove electrons from a nickel atom. The same is true for the systems > >zirconium monoxide and palladium and tungsten carbide and platinum. The > >key is that all of the pairs are composed of isoelectronic species, which > >are atoms with the same electron configuration." Castleman noted that, in > >this case, the term isoelectronic refers to the number of electrons > present > >in the outer shell of an atom or molecule. > > > >This means that titanium monoxide can replace nickel in LENR, > > > >zirconium monoxide and palladium etc. > > > ...you are assuming that only the electron configuration is important. If > the Ni > takes part in a nuclear reaction, the electron configuration may not be > the only > important aspect. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
