Conduction band moving particles that are not electrons were very clearly described in the work of Talbot and Scott Chubb. They focused their considerable genius on proton conduction which includes deuteron conduction. RIP Scott and Talbot, they were good companions in the study of cold fusion for so many years.
From: JonesBeene <jone...@pacbell.net> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 2:17 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:Fast company in Fresno According to the ORNL paper, which may not be related to this - the propagation wave does not consist of conduction band electrons but “phasons” which is a much heavier particulate, like a phonon but also much faster. Wouldn’t it be interesting if potassium ferrite was such ceramic? That exotica may not apply to LENR however, but if it does, there is the possibility of finding better results with lattice alloy combinations (or more likely ceramics) which work more like the phasons in fresnoite. From: Bob Higgins <mailto:rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> The interesting part of the phenomenon is not the speed of propagation per se, but what happens at the metal surface during this propagation. I believe there is a conduction band electron sweep as this type of thermal "wave" passes through the metal grains with perhaps unusual behavior when these electrons are swept up to a metal grain boundary. Also, it appears to be more of a wave - and in that sense it can setup up reflections and standing wave behavior. Look at Krivit's photo of Piantelli's runaway reaction on his Ni rod. It appears to have a standing wave effect for the maximum LENR action in the center of the rod. This seems characteristic of a standing wave pattern. It is possible that the LENR activity, being stimulated by the passage of a thermal wave, can turn the rod into an active medium so that a passing thermal waves can have gain and oscillation - almost like a laser cavity.
