Yes Robin, hydrinos are a possible feature in the LENR process.
Several people have proposed this idea using a different justification
than Mills gives. However, this is not the only feature in the process
that needs energy to occur. At the present time, the understanding has
to focus on the engineering consequences of this behavior. The
details can be debated later.
Ed
On Feb 24, 2013, at 11:59 AM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote:
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
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