Whoa indeed, nanoseconds are way to slow for fission!
From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2017 1:14 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:The dark side of dense hydrogen Whoa - an observer must possess a great deal of blind hope to imagine that weaponization of LENR is impossible simply because neutrons are lacking. In fact, dense hydrogen is physically similar to the neutron. Most importantly, the number of documented runaway LENR reactions makes the statement of "impossibility" almost silly, based on experience. It has happened. As for slow ramp up - Holmlid shows us the gain can happen in nanoseconds. Let's back track a bit. Neutrons are required for one kind of chain reaction, but the modality is broader. A chain reaction is any self-expanding sequence of reactions where a reactive product (by-product or emission) causes additional reactions to take place. The prototypical chain reaction is actually combustion in an internal combustion engine, initiated by a spark or by compression. Fission is another but there are more including, of course, the domino effect. The key to all chain reactions is positive feedback. Positive feedback leads to a self-amplifying chain of events. in a number of physical systems including these: 1) Chemical reactions of many kinds, esp. combustion 2) The neutron chain reaction of nuclear physics 3) The avalanche cascade - breakdown in gases 4) The avalanche breakdown in semiconductors 5) Population inversion - lasing 6) QM entangled systems of many kinds 7) Domino effect and meme effect 8) Audio feedback loop 9) Mossbauer effect Even if neutrons were required for the most energetic kind of weaponization, dense hydrogen is similar enough to the neutron that it could substitute -- and in the case of Holmlid - exceed by orders of magnitude the gain from the nuclear fission chain reaction. Jed Rothwell wrote: Most researchers think that a runaway reaction or explosion is impossible for three reasons: 1. Cold fusion only works with an intact metal lattice. 2. It ramps up relatively slowly, so it would destroy the lattice before it could increase to high levels. 3. It is not a chain reaction. In a uranium fission chain reaction, one event directly triggers two or more others, and the reaction can increase exponentially over a very short time (80 generations in 1 microsecond). I hope that is right. - Jed
