You can get high electric fields at small scale, but that is not the same as having a total electric potential of 500kV. In a vacuum, a 500kV potential can generate 500keV electrons.
It is interesting to think about in light of our recent measurement of high energy emissions from the Ni-H reaction. If the Ni-H reaction really does generate MeV class electrons, they could be useful in the reactor for transmutations. Imagine coating the inside of the tube with something you wanted to transmute. Then you adjust the reaction for maximum Bremsstrahlung and get maximum transmutations. On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 7:04 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Chris Zell <chrisz...@wetmtv.com> wrote: > > I believe the Barker patent suggested that you could transmute silver into >> rhodium if you could come up with a couple million volts (DC) for a number >> of hours. > > > Perhaps you're thinking of another patent by Barker. This one talks about > transmuting thorium and radium using arcs in the range of 50 kilovolts to > 500 kilovolts from a Van de Graaff generator. I assume that at the > nanometer level you could get voltages this high for brief periods of > time. I would not be surprised if you could get voltages at unheard of > levels. > > Eric > >
