In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 24 May 2007 09:58:18 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Then there is the problem of 'rithmatic. Adding alphas to carbon to get >to 18O seems to be utterly impossible without three body reactions and >free neutrons. > >Yet -- a quick look at the transmutation products, which are often found >in LENR matrix 'condensed-matter' reactions, which includes deuterium in >a Pd matrix, indicates that many of these rare isotopes - are the end >products of multiples of alpha particles. How they got that way is >anybodies' guess. Three particle reactions may be common in condensed >matter or else the femptosecond intermediary is there - which has >'plenty of time' to re-react. A femptosecond at sub-angstrom dimensions >is a rather long time, comparatively.
There may be a simpler explanation:- O16 + D -> F18 + 7.5 MeV F18 decays to O18. This would require circumstances which favor the rapid formation of D. (Rapid compression of lots of Hy?). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk The shrub is a plant.
