Teslaalset, you asked a simple and reasonable question and you deserve
an understandable answer.
The reaction being claimed is Ni + p = Cu with a proton being added to
a Nickel isotope that results in the isotope of copper having the same
number of neutrons. Ni + p has greater mass than does the final Cu
nucleus. Therefore, mass-energy must be lost during the process. As
you can see, the mass of ALL the reactants and products need to be
considered. These masses can be obtain from tables available on
Wikipedia.
Ed
On Aug 13, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Axil Axil wrote:
We can assume that there is a significant amount of randomness in
the LENR process that disrupts the nucleus. Another factor that adds
to the unpredictability of the transmutation results is the added
elements other than nickel in the reactor chamber that find their
way into the reaction zone.
DGT documents these elements as inputs to the process in their
ICCF-17 paper.
If you take a look at what transmutations occur during the proton-21
reactor or that of Piantelli and Arata, you will see a high degree
of random reaction products.
The elements go into the reaction zone many times and are reworked
by the LENR reaction many times over and over as the reaction
proceeds over time.
The only quantum mechanical rule that applies is that positive
nuclear binding energy must be released as a result of the reaction.
If no energy is released, then the transmutation does not happen. In
this process, both fusion and fission are likely to occur.
It is more likely that light elements will evolve in the reaction
then is the formation of heavy elements.
Even numbered elements like NI62 will react and elements with an odd
number of nucleons will not. But these odd numbered elements that
remain unaffected will serve to retain the nano-structures that
support the reaction.
On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Teslaalset <robbiehobbiesh...@gmail.com
> wrote:
If we assume mass is converted into energy, heat in this case, then
why would transmutations go in the directions of increased mass?
If Rossi is indicating Copper and Ni62 are key ingrediences, would
Copper not be the starting point of creating Ni62 from Copper
isotopic transmutations, or the little amount of Ni62 to trigger Co
into a chain of Co isotopic tranmutations that also trigger other Ni
isotopic transmutations?
I like to understand the role of both Ni62 and Copper in Rossi's
patent applications a bit better.
Any help would be appreciated.
