I agree that the reactions I am proposing are extremely unlikely to occur in an unconstrained system, such as a gas or plasma in three-space.
However, you must consider that these reactions are occurring in the midst of *intense* interactions driven by EMF, SPP, and phonon energies that are presumed to be driven into resonant modes. Stare at that nickel ash morphology for a while and think about whether that this system is highly dynamic or not, from multiple physical aspects. How would you explain that particular ash morphology, considering the shape of the nickel fuel grain clusters? At the same time, how would you explain the evolving COP that appeared to be accelerating as the experiment ended? Consider a Pharnsworth Fusor, or any other accelerated-particle fusion system: they require confinement by interacting fields. The intersection of two fields will produce a minima surface, and when you add a third constraint such as the curving surface of a metal dipole resonator, then suddenly you find that the solution space for where these particles are to be found is vastly reduced. In addition, *because of the coherence* of the system, multiple particles are likely to experience in-phase acceleration forces, such as two lithium ions being individually accelerated by coherent modes located some distance apart, travelling under the constraints of interacting fields until they arrive at a boundary condition, such as a nickel particle sitting in the middle of a node of the interacting fields. In any case, I really do not wield the depth of knowledge in chemistry or physics to proclaim particular reactions as being correct or not, I am simply trying to apply match what may be possible with what has been observed. I think the unusual and dynamic nature of this system requires that we consider reaction pathways that lie outside of previously-characterized reaction domains. For me, a prime example of this is the recently-released work from YK Bae on MIMS. Thanks for your considered comments, -Bob Ellefson > From: mixent Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 2:02 PM > In reply to Robert Ellefson's message of Sat, 25 Oct 2014 17:53:02 -0700: > > ...these are three particle reactions, which are very rare. Furthermore > these reactions require that two neutrons transfer simultaneously, > which is also highly unlikely. In the reactions I provided only > a single neutron need "hop". > > >> From: Robert > Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2014 5:29 PM > >> I believe that a continuous neutron-exchange reaction cycle is taking > >place
