On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 5:17 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:02:49 -0500: > Hi, > [snip] > >On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 3:39 PM, <mix...@bigpond.com> wrote: > > > >> In reply to James Bowery's message of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:56:35 -0500: > >> Hi, > >> [snip] > >> >> I don't think even Jones suggested D => H + n. > >> > >> >His words: "Neutrons are 'stripped' from the deuterium" > >> > >> ...and so they are, but only when either the neutron or the proton is > >> immediately absorbed by another nucleus. I doubt he intended to imply > that > >> the > >> result of said reaction would be both a free neutron and a free proton. > >> IOW at > >> least one of the two needs to be absorbed by a target nucleus for this > >> reaction > >> to occur. You can borrow 2.2 MeV from the Heisenberg bank, but you only > >> get a > >> *very* short term loan. ;) > >> Regards, > >> > >> Robin van Spaandonk > >> > >> http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >> > >> > >How could such a short-lived neutron could get to the engine block? > > ..the reaction happens at or in the wall of the engine block. e.g. D + > 56Fe => > 57Fe + H + 5.4 MeV, or D + 58Fe => 59Fe (radioactive) + H + 4.3 MeV. > > BTW this is interesting because there is actually only a small amount of > 58Fe in > natural iron. Adding a neutron to either of the more common isotopes 56Fe > or > 57Fe yields a stable isotope in both cases. There are of course other > elements > present in steel in small amounts, and adding neutrons to these can also > create > radioactive isotopes. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html >
But now you're denying the original premise Jones put forth which was that the chemical energy from reactions involving neutron transfer from D were uniquely energetic as in the formation of hydrogen chloride.
