In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 4 Dec 2006 19:53:27 -0800: Hi Jones, [snip] >Now all of this makes me ponder - why isn't R. Mills talking about >this interstellar situation and its likely aftermath: i.e. the >attraction of H3+ and Hy- and the likelihood that a tetrahedron of >the two ions would form -- and with almost a covalent-strength >bond, (probably more), it should be very stable. Not to mention >weird.
According to Mills the second electron in hydrinohydride has the (very nearly) same radius as the first, so a collision with either a bare proton of H3+ is likely to simply result in neutralization, forming in a hydrino molecule. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
