Listen to Hagelstein answer a question about fission at the 47:50 min mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUHYf8WZ8w4&list=UUH78efhknLR-cuL9w2hVcUQ To explain transmutation from lower to higher mass nuclei he proposes an inverse fractionation process to liberate a neutron from one nucleus coupled with a fractionation process when the neutron is absorbed by another nucleus. Harry On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > No Way. That kind of radiation would stand out like a sore thumb. > > > > With 150 watts of energy from average 7 MeV protons for 30 days, the > Mizuno lab would be a small Fukushima… > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] > > I see you was quicker with neutron capture. > > But the should look for He4 in the Ni metal. > > Eric Walker wrote: > > H Veeder wrote: > > > > Going from D to H should be endothermic. > > Exciting slides. I do not have the wherewithal to assess their > calorimetry, so I will assume it is accurate. > > Here are some exothermic reactions involving generation of H from D: > > · d + 60Ni → 61Ni + p + Q (6.1 MeV) > > · d + 61Ni → 62Ni + p + Q (8.9 MeV) > > · d + 62Ni → 63Ni + p + Q (5.1 MeV) > > · d + 64Ni → 65Ni + p + Q (7.9 MeV) > > Note that in the authors' back-of-the-envelope calculations using two d+d > branches, yielding 4.03 MeV and 3.27 MeV respectively, they came to an > expected energy output that was lower than the one they think they > observed. So the higher Qs of the above reactions fit that picture nicely. > Their slides on the neutron capture cross sections of nickel suggest that > they are also looking at thinking about the d+Ni reactions. Regarding the > radiation measurements they have not yet reported on -- I will call out a > guess that they will report evidence of beta+ and beta- decay. > > The treated nickel is interesting looking. I assume this is what the > nickel looks like prior to a reaction. Note that there is greater occasion > for electrically insulated grains after the treatment than before the > treatment. > > Note that the NiD system is quite different than the oft-studied PdD > system. I vaguely recall sometime back that proton and deuteron capture > are not favorable in palladium, whereas proton capture is favorable in > nickel. What is interesting in the above scenario is that we are looking > at the possibility not of proton capture but of neutron capture. > > Eric > >
