From: Edmund Storms
Jones, I assume you accept that E=mc2 and that if the mass of a reaction
changes, the energy has to come from somewhere.
Here is the mass change
D =
2.014101778
H=
1.00727647
n=
1.0086649
The gain in mass is D-n= p
You are making an incorrect assumption. The O-P effect (i.e. "stripping") is
not thermonuclear, it is quantum mechanical - in effect a tunneling
reaction. Quantum tunneling is one of Oppenheimer's claims to fame.
In the Fusor, the transmuted nucleus is left in an energy state as if it had
fused with a neutron of negative kinetic energy, so there far less mass
change than the thermonuclear reaction. The Fusor can be called "warm
fusion" not hot, since the threshold energy for thermonuclear reaction is
never attained.
Jones
