In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:38:04 -0500: Hi, [snip] >* Confirms the presence of 6-7 Mev Protons
The suggestion that 6-7 MeV protons are responsible doesn't add up. If you bombard Nickel with 6-7 MeV protons you don't get enough energy from the fusion reactions to accelerate the original protons (otherwise this method would have been employed years ago). It also leaves open the question of where the 6-7 MeV protons came from in the first place. IOW this sounds like a half-baked theory. Of course it's possible that either a small Hydrino molecule or IRH is fusing with the Ni, and the energy is being carried away by unfused protons, some of which achieve an energy of 6-7 MeV. A few of these would then also undergo the occasional fusion reaction, contributing a little extra. However most of the energy must of necessity come from the original reaction that gave the protons their energy. Note also that 6-7 MeV is the energy that you get from fusing a proton with a Ni nucleus, so a likely reaction is the fusion of a Hydrino molecule with a Ni nucleus, where one of the two protons fuses, and the other is ejected carrying the energy of the fusion reaction of the first proton. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
