In reply to Jones Beene's message of Fri, 8 May 2009 08:29:33 -0700: Hi, [snip] >IOW - the simplest explanation for LENR is that it is the result of a >version of the Oppenheimer-Phillips effect - such that the neutron is >"stripped" non-thermally from deuterium, due to containment and near field >Coulomb shielding = and that this sub-thermal neutron is then adsorbed by Pd >(the fuel) to result eventually in an alpha decay and around one MeV of mass >energy - thus the helium. [snip] The reaction
Pd106 + D -> H + He4 + Rh103 has an energy excess of about 1 MeV, which is quite a bit less than has been reported as characteristic of the reaction. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
