*When there is excess heat, there are insufficient transmutations for them to be the source of the heat.* ** ** The transmutations are most probably happening in a cascade of multiple fissions. One nickel atom might first go to iron, then chromium, then titanium, then finally ending up as calcium, a magic number element.
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:04 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:11 AM, James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > and we simply do not observe such products in anywhere near the >> quantity required by the observed excess heat. >> > > I do not dispute this, but I think we've inadvertently allowed it to > become something of a trope. I suspect we need to get more specific about > what it is that we expect to be in proportion to observed heat that we're > not seeing. It's clear that there are insufficient neutrons to explain > observed heat excursions in the normal hot fusion way. But I have the > following questions, which I wonder whether we've glossed over because they > don't match our pet theory of what is going on: > > - When there is excess heat, there are insufficient fast particles for > them to be the source of the heat. > - When there is excess heat, there are insufficient transmutations for > them to be the source of the heat. > - When there is excess heat, there are insufficient x-rays for them to > be correlated with the source of the heat. > - When there is excess heat, the neutrons are barely above background > (actually I think they're sometimes higher; perhaps twice background or > more in some cases). > > I should clarify that I don't think you're claiming any of this one way or > the other. My point is a tangential one. Part of the challenge as far as > I can tell is that there few to no systematic studies of these observables > during successful periods of excess heat. So far they seem to have been > measured on their own, apart from an attempted correlation with excess > heat. This would not necessarily be an easy thing to do, since > electrolysis cells and pressurized chambers are closed environments. > > Eric > >
