In reply to Jones Beene's message of Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:36:46 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] >One reaction would be 23Na + (hy) --> 24Mg. Where the pseudo-neutron adds a >proton and transmutes sodium into magnesium with very little radioactivity - >but there could be energetic betas and soft x-rays. One big difference over a >neutron reaction is that the beta-electron is not a decay product - since- it >never participates at all, except to serve the purpose of allowing the proton >to get into the range of the nuclear strong force and perhaps another QM >'trick' or two. > >The other would be 62Ni + (hy) --> 63Cu.
The latter reaction is far less likely, because the Coulomb barrier is much higher for Ni than for Na. Furthermore, if the latter were happening, then one would also expect to get a few radioactive Cu isotopes forming, based on reactions with the other (more abundant) stable Ni isotopes, e.g. Ni58 + Hy -> Cu59. Also, the alternate Na reaction: Na23 + Hy -> Ne20 + He4 *may* be more likely, because it uses particles to rapidly rid itself of the reaction energy. The reaction:- Na23 + Hy -> Mg24 + e- (fast) is an IC reaction (internal conversion), and essentially relies upon the electron momentarily finding itself inside the new born nucleus. This may be the case if the shrunken Hydrino is captured in its entirety, rather than just the proton being captured. IOW perhaps when the nuclear force captures the proton, the proton takes the shrunken electron along for the ride, then the new nucleus snubs it's nose at the electron and says "what are you doing here!", and promptly gives it the boot. ;) (Or perhaps the nuclear force is actually a short range combination of EM forces, and capture of the positive proton is accompanied by a concurrent repulsion of the negative electron - i.e. consider the short range negative field around a neutron)....or the fusion reaction results in an excited nucleus, in which baryons are rapidly shifting position, creating EM disturbances that couple to the electron, expelling it in the process...i.e. a transfer of energy via virtual photon. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
