In reply to Edmund Storms's message of Sun, 24 Feb 2013 11:26:37 -0700: Hi, [snip] >You ask several questions at the same time. The LENR process requires >energy to overcome a slight energy barrier present within the overall >process. Consequently, it has a positive temperature effect. In other >words, some energy is required to initiate each fusion event. Once >initiated, each fusion reaction goes on without any more help and >releases its energy. Consequently, the initiation reaction will >become faster, the more energy that is applied in any form. This >energy can take the form of increased temperature, laser light, RF or >any other source that can couple to the rate limiting reaction. The >important information comes from identifying the rate limiting step so >that the extra energy can be applied more effectively. This requires a >theory.
At the temperature increases common in LENR experiments, the amount of heat energy added is only a tiny fraction of an eV. The theory that best matches this is Hydrinos, because a tiny fraction of an eV is all that is needed to match the difference in energy between the "energy hole" of Hydrinos, and the "energy hole" provided by many common catalysts. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
