In reply to Jeff Berkowitz's message of Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:28:04 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Widom Larsen postulate that the neutrons are produced when a proton >captures an electron. The process is endothermic (energy must be supplied >or it will not occur) so the neutrons initially have extremely low energy >("cold"). As a result they are nearly stationary and don't leave the >material. Also the reaction cross-section with nearby nuclei is high >leading to a cascade of nuclear effects that product the observed energy. [snip] The essential difference between WL and the Hydrino approach is that Hydrino production is *exothermic* while neutron production is *endothermic* (to the tune of at least 782 keV). IMO that makes the Hydrino approach far more likely to be correct.
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