Again, if the reaction occurred in other particles why would they not see them?
They will not see them because they have not looked. On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > page 44... > > Figure 3. SEI showing the areas where EDS analysis where performed on the > different fuel particles (a), EDS spectrum from the three different type > of particles found in the fuel material; particle 1 (b), particle 2 (c) > and particle 3 (d). > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 3:53 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> To get a valid overview of the entire transmutation process, the testers >>> must look at a complete sample of the fuel, not just a few nickel >>> particles. >>> >> >> What makes you think this was not a complete sample, or not >> representative? These are experts in mass spectroscopy so I assume they >> know how to get a representative sample of material. They looked at the >> full range of mass numbers so if there were anomalies in other elements >> they would see them. >> >> >> >>> There could be other nuclear processes going on away from the nickel >>> particles. >>> >> >> They saw anomalies in nickel and lithium. If there were other anomalies >> in other particles from the reactor why would they miss them? It is not >> possible to collect and analyze particles of nickel only and not various >> other particles that happen to be in the reactor. Particles are small. You >> cannot collect one type of leave the others. >> >> >> >>> The testers have made an assumption that the reaction must be local to >>> the nickel micro-particles. >>> >> >> Again, if the reaction occurred in other particles why would they not see >> them? >> >> - Jed >> >> >
