Re: Cathode( Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-19 Thread RC Macaulay
Robin,   The thoughts remind me of the functions of a water softener. Resin beads attract the hardness in water and uses salt to release the attracted solids for flushing. There is a remarkable similarity in your description of the actions you observe and our work in liquid vortex studies.  

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-19 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Robin van Spaandonk's message of Sun, 20 Nov 2005 12:57:17 +1100: Hi, [snip] I wrote: >Furthermore, the statement you make must also be true of all >ordinary ionic compounds. So, while reducing the positive ion with >a free electron determines the upper limit of the bond >strength[1],

halo nuclei

2005-11-19 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
Hi, Neutrons in nuclei, have less mass than their free counterparts, in fact usually much less. Consequently they normally don't decay, unless the resultant nucleus is sufficiently more stable to provide the necessary energy. In circumstances where not quite enough energy is available for beta dec

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-19 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Sat, 19 Nov 2005 15:19:06 -0700: Hi, [snip] >> Why? In a "perfect" ionic compound, solidity results from the >> binding energy of positive and negative ions. IOW the attractive >> force between ions of opposite charge pulls the ensemble together. >> There is

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-19 Thread Edmund Storms
Robin van Spaandonk wrote: In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:49:56 -0700: Hi, [snip] Yea, I changed my mind based on the way you described how the Hy is thought to behave. Note that most of the behavioral aspects are my interpretation, not necessarily Mills' opin

Re: Cathode (Cometary) Commentary

2005-11-19 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Wed, 16 Nov 2005 11:37:01 -0800: Hi, [snip] >BTW for those (from Oz ;-) who are sure to correct some of my past >posted details (and I appreciate that), and since my original >rough calculation for expected di-hydrino density was too hasty, >here is somethin