One of the things I don't get about Holmilid's theory for RM formation is that the small RM cluster has a 150pm atomic separation, or about 300pm radius. The Fe-K Fischer-Tropsch catalysts typically have pore diameters of 10-20nm, or nearly 100 times the size of the already huge RM cluster. How can this large catalyst geometry be responsible for producing UDH almost 100x smaller than the original RM cluster? Experiment has shown that porous F-T catalysts are able to catalyze formation of RM. It is interesting to note that the size of the UDH/UDD is much smaller than even the lattice parameters for Fe2O3 which are in the 500pm range.
Also, it is not clear to me how currents from RM inside one of these pores could produce a "vortex". The magnetic field is already the curl of the current. If the current (electron or proton) was flowing around the ID of the pore, the magnetic field would be a closed toroid. It would not have extents outside of the diameter of the pore because current flow on one side of the pore would cancel the current flow on the opposite side. To be able to create a magnetic field that has a larger extent than the diameter of the pore, the current would have to be flowing as a tube in the direction of the axis of the pore - in which case, what is the current flowing from and to? Any thoughts on these? On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > *From:* Bob Higgins > > Ø What you describe is certainly an interesting and scary > proposition - that protons could be sheared or broken apart. However, it > is hard to imagine a number of thing in this hypothesis and that of > Olafssen/Holmlid. First of all, where did the potential energy come from > to put two hydrogen nuclei in 2.3pm proximity? > > My view on this differs from Holmlid and incorporates Lawandy’s view. For > the sake of argument, consider that SPP are the formative cause of > densification. They form a magnetic vortex on a surface between a > conductor (not necessarily a metal) and a dielectric, and if hydrogen is > also there, the H orbitals become entrained in the catalyst, powering the > ring current and leaving Cooper pairs of protons as the end product, > which can then further group into clusters. The hexagonal structure of > hematite is critical. > > Yes, this requires energy from a flux of photons and is lossy. So the > cumulative photons would supply the energy of densification. Any excess > comes later. > > Ø Second, SPP is an electron resonance at a metal/dielectric > interface, but the electrons themselves are in the metal (AFIK). How would > these electrons that are in the metal (resonant in SPP or not) be complicit > in a UDD/UDH breakup? > > > > IMO the electrons appear as ring current around the hexagon structure of > iron oxide in the same way that electrons appear around the hexagonal ring > of graphene oxide. A “local conductor” has substituted for the metal of > the normal SPP and that is hematite, which fills both roles – dielectric > and local conductor. > > Ø Thirdly, why would UDD/UDH be stable? > > Now that is a big mystery. Unlike metallic hydrogen, which is only stable > so long as high pressure is applied and maintained, and which is far less > dense than UDH, what we are probably seeing is a new isomer of metallic > hydrogen which does not require continuous pressure. > > Holmlid is the expert but his view changes over time and he is probably > incorrect on some points. Same with Miley, Lawandy, Mills, Winterberg, > Hora, Olafsson and everyone else who comes into this field with their own > background > and preconceived notions. > > IMO – everyone can cherry pick up to the point that a defining experiment > comes along and this may come from an unexpected source, maybe one of > Holmlid’s students… who knows? Thankfully there does seem to be a cadre > of younger researchers, mostly Nordic, getting involved in this R&D. >
