In reply to JonesBeene's message of Thu, 14 Jun 2018 12:50:52 -0700: Hi Jones, [snip] >Oops again. Where is Robin when we need him? >. > >A. Mass of palladium-105 104.905 amu >B. Mass of deuteron 2.014 amu >C. Mass of silver-107 106.905 amu > >Excess mass of fusion of A and B 14 amu or about 13 MeV
The 13 MeV is correct, but the 14 amu isn't. Should be 0.014 amu. BTW don't be too quick to throw away the reaction. A di-deuterino molecule could contribute 1 D to the reaction, with the other absorbing the reaction energy as kinetic energy. Deuterons are about 4000 more massive than electrons, so one might expect very little of no bremsstrahlung. Most of the kinetic energy would be lost to ionization. Granted some of the removed electrons would be inner shell, but this only results in at most a 21 keV x-ray. BTW2 Are we sure that the original experiment that produced the Ag was run with D2? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk local asymmetry = temporary success
