To be effective, an alpha/beta emitter would have to be highly radioactive to produce enough particles to support a sizable amount of H for LENR reactions. Additionally, at these high pressures, the mean free path of monatomic H is very short, so the radioactive material would have to be placed at the NAE. It would be much better if the reaction were catalytic and positive feedback in formation of monatomic H. For example having a catalyst split the H2, having the NAE fuse it producing low energy photons, each of which photons dissociate multiple H2 molecules for the reaction.
If a radioactive additive were hot enough to split enough H2 into monatomic species for the entire reaction, it would pose a danger if the contents were exposed, and of course, would be regulated by the nuclear regulation agencies - which no one wants. I absolutely do not believe that Rossi's reaction relies on radioactive additives. Doesn't mean they wouldn't have an effect on the reaction, I just don't think Rossi uses any. Bob Higgins On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Bob Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > > Note that an alpha or a beta emitter will also dissociate molecular > hydrogen into monoatomic hydrogen (and potentially Rydberg hydrogen at > that, which will migrate under a potential). (I like a material with a low > work function because it could potentially be heat-activated, as seems to > happen with the E-Cat.) > >
