Regarding D + Pd cold fusion cathode conditions, Hora and Miley write
[1]: "The screened deuterons are mutually repulsed by their Coulomb
field at distances less than 2 pm, but thanks to their screening are
moving like neutral neutrons. Any attraction by the Casimir effect
[29] is too small. But calculating the gravitational attraction for
the deuteron masses at the 2 pm distance arrives at values of about
ten times higher energy than the thermal motion at room temperature.
This is the reason that the very high deuteron concentration within
the palladium will produce clusters. Clusters of 100 deuterons have
then the size of about 10 pm and move within the electron clouds of
the palladium around the palladium nuclei such that the few pm
nuclear reactions between a cluster and a palladium nucleus within
the time probabilities of up to megaseconds may take place."
At nuclear distances, especially in deuterium, magnetism plays a
significant role in the binding energy. Similarly, at nuclear
distances, gravimagnetism[2] plays a significant role.
The Hora and Miley article prompts suggestion of a CANR experiment.
That is to codeposit uranium with Pd by using a mixed palladium
chloride and uranium chloride electrolyte. It seems most useful to
find out if (1) detectable fission reactions occurred in response to
electrolysis current, time, etc., or (2) 235U is diminished in
quantity, or (more readily tested) daughter products produced,
through time without associated fission reactions. In the case of
(1) a most useful tool is then available to reliably demonstrate
CANR, and to use trace uranium to dynamically measure the cathode
state with regard to LENR conditions and move toward an LENR model
creation and validation. In the case of (2) a remediation method is
in the offering, as well as a further understanding of CANR.
Due to its ability to tap zero point energy [3], and its large cross
section, boron may similarly provide a useful element for deuterium
related LENR/CANR experiments.
[1] H. Hora and G. H. Miley, "Maruhn-Greiner-Maximum of Uranium
Fission for Confirmation of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions LENR via a
Compound Nucleus with Double Magic Numbers ",Drafted paper for the
2007 APS Meeting, 5-9 March 2007, Denver CO. paper B31-00003 (&
B31-00001). 27JAN07,
http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/STAFF/VISITING_FELLOWS&PROFESSORS/pdf/
MileyLENRMaruhnPrepr.pdf
[2] http://mtaonline.net/~hheffner/FullGravimag.pdf
[3] http://mtaonline.net/~hheffner/NuclearZPEtapping.pdf
Regards,
Horace Heffner
