Horace, I feel a LOT of LENR claims (both ways) are more about
Testosterone levels in Alpha Males than physics. I guess we are not that
far from the cave as we would like to believe.
On 12/17/2011 4:44 PM, Horace Heffner wrote:
On Dec 16, 2011, at 11:59 AM, Aussie Guy E-Cat wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VymhJCcNBBc
LENR stands for Low Energy Nuclear Reactions. The low energy part is
the fact the reactions can occur with thermal or chemical inputs,
energies well below even 1 eV. The outputs of course are not
necessarily low energy. Such reactions can occur in lattices,
amorphic substances like metallic glasses, on surfaces, and in
liquids. They can occur at very low pressure or high pressure. LENR
applies to all forms of reactions where nuclei are changed with low
energy inputs.
Sometimes nuclear reactions induced with intermediate energies, i.e.
100 V to several kV are referred to as "warm fusion", but LENR, LANR,
or CMNS is used also, as applicable. Claytor's low pressure gas and
filament experiments are referred to as LENR experiments, even though
kV energies were used.
It became clear early on that cold fusion experiments produced more
than just helium. Heavy elements were transmuted in the process of
many experiments. That is the reason for describing these cold fusion
results with the term LENR. In some cases the byproducts are due to
more than just the fusion of two nuclei. The term LENR was meant to
cover these cases. Many people do not distinguish between the two
terms because most everyone who has been in the field long term knows
what they mean.
LANR stands for Lattice Assisted Nuclear Reactions. This is LENR in a
lattice. Some theories require a lattice. Use of the term LANR is
appropriate in those cases. It is not established that a lattice is
required for all forms of LENR.
CMNS stands for Condensed Matter Nuclear Reactions. The term applies
to low energy nuclear reactions that occur in condensed matter.
The terms cold fusion, LENR, LANR, and CMNS have distinct meanings
that have been established for many years.
The last few years there has been a tendency to bastardize the
vocabulary, in some cases possibly for personal gain, in some cases
just from ignorance. This is unfortunate and deserves resistance.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
