On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 3:58 AM, frobertcook <[email protected]> wrote:
> Eric-- > > > The question remains, what is the mechanism that transfers mass energy to > thermal energy at Mev levels without gammas? > Superabsorbsion of a polariton (SPP) boson condensate. SPP last about 50 picoseconds, When they decay, they release the XUV photon that then decays via multiple cascading photon absorptions by multiple atoms. > > The paper on neutron hopping that Jones identified may help answer this > question . > neutrons are not involved. > > I still think spin coupling is involved because of the small differential > energy states associated with spin quanta. > At 1400C all atoms are either ionized or in dipole vibrations. There is an electron plasma formed from which polaritons are then formed from electron shielded infrared photons, > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone > > Teslaalset <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>Sample 2 was the fuel used to charge the E-Cat. It’s in the form of a > very fine powder. Besides the analyzed elements it has been found that the > fuel also contains rather high concentrations of C, Ca, Cl, Fe, Mg, Mn and > these are not found in the ash.>>> > > This indicates that also virgin powder was analyzed. This was not > explicitly mentioned in TIP2, was it? > > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The isotopic shift observed is only a side effect of the real reaction >> that are taking place. From others LENR experiments one can suspect that >> hydrogen is the fuel and that Ni is just modified by whatever is in its >> vicinity. >> >> Do you remember all the internet ink was used to debate the copper ash in >> the nickel powder; now all that is for naught. >> >> The transmutation pattern is based on the geometry of the reactor. As >> that geometry changes so does the transmutation patterns. >> >> The analysis of transmutation was incomplete and much of the many >> reactions were missed. >> >> For example from page 53... >> >> Sample 2 was the fuel used to charge the E-Cat. It’s in the form of a >> very fine powder. Besides the analyzed elements it has been found that the >> fuel also contains rather high concentrations of C, Ca, Cl, Fe, Mg, Mn and >> these are not found in the ash. >> >> And there was transmutation of aluminum. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 2:06 AM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:21 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Li7 + Ni58 => Ni59 + Li6 + 1.75 MeV >>>> Li7 + Ni59 => Ni60 + Li6 + 4.14 MeV >>>> Li7 + Ni60 => Ni61 + Li6 + 0.57 MeV >>>> Li7 + Ni61 => Ni62 + Li6 + 3.34 MeV >>>> Li7 + Ni62 => Ni63 + Li6 - 0.41 MeV (Endothermic!) >>>> >>>> This series stops at Ni62, hence all isotopes of Ni less than 62 are >>>> depleted >>>> and Ni62 is strongly enriched. >>>> >>> >>> This is very nice. I've been too attached to deuterium. In this >>> particular instance, deuterium reactions above 62Ni would be exothermic: >>> >>> - 62Ni + n → 63Ni + p + Q (5.1 MeV) >>> - 63Ni + n → 64Ni + p + Q (7.9 MeV) >>> >>> Since neither 62Ni nor 63Ni were seen in significant quantities in the >>> ash, I think we can rule deuterium out for this particular test. Note that >>> while 64Ni(7Li,6Li)65Ni is also endothermic, 63Ni(7Li,6Li)64Ni is >>> exothermic. Since 63Ni is not found in nature, however, and since it won't >>> be coming from the 62Ni(7Li,6Li)63Ni reaction, none will arise unless there >>> is deuterium in the mix. It all feels a little precarious, because if you >>> get any 64Ni, you can get penetrating radiation from deexcitation gammas >>> from inelastic collisions. >>> >>> To add to your thought about the kinetic energy of the daughter 6Li >>> being relatively low, for the maximum Q value in your list above, there >>> would be 4.14 MeV / 6 nucleons = 690 keV per nucleon, which seems >>> manageable. I will nominate you for the Vortex Nobel Prize for your >>> insight about neutron stripping from lithium. >>> >>> Two questions I have: >>> >>> - Why use hydrogen at all if the reaction can be sustained with >>> lithium? >>> - What is the amount of force that would be needed to bring a 7Li to >>> within a sufficient distance of a nickel nucleus for stripping to occur? >>> It seems like it would be high. >>> >>> Eric >>> >>> >> >
