When a metal lattice is hot, three dimensional quantized vibrations travel through its volume. These vibrations are called Phonons. The distances between the atoms in the lattice increase and decrease in proportion to the heat applied to the Lattice.
When there is a lattice defect on the surface of a lattice. The coordination number (CN) of the atoms that form the defect decreases. This increases the strength of the remaining bonds of the nickel atoms on the exterior walls of the defect. These atomic CN imperfections induce bond contraction and the associated bond-strength gain deepens the potential well of the trapping in the surface skin. This CN reduction also produces an increase of charge density, energy, and mass of the enclosed hydrogen contained in the relaxed surface skin imperfection. This increased density is far higher than it normally would be at other sites inside the solid. Because of this energy densification, surface stress that is in the dimension of energy density will increase in the relaxed region. When the phonons wave breaks upon the surface imperfection, it is amplified by the abrupt discontinuity is the lattice and concentrated by the increased bond-order-length-strength (BOLS) of the nickel atoms that form the walls of the cavity. This Phonons amplification mechanism is one big advantage provided by the tightly coupled thermodynamic adhesion of the nano-powder to the stainless steel walls of the reaction vessel. This tight coupling allows the thermodynamic feed back mechanism to control and mediate the reaction. It also amplifies and focuses the compressive effects that phonons have on the hydrogen contained in the lattice defects. On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:58 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > In reply to Axil Axil's message of Wed, 18 May 2011 22:03:20 -0400: > Hi, > [snip] > >During the fusion process as the pressure within the shrinking lattice > >defect increases, the electrons circulating in the Rydburg ion are heated > by > >increasing rates of subatomic collisions in an ever shrinking volume. > > What causes the decrease in volume? > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
