From: Bob Cook
The K could be a supplier of heavy eletrons per the W-L theory. I have no idea how its radioactive decay could influence a LENR, unless it were by the spectrum of lattice vibrations caused by the K-40 decay. There are many possibilities. The main decay mode in 40K is beta- but there is also EC and gamma. If the nature of LENR in Ni-H was to favor EC over other decay modes - then LENR would proceed, or at least be initiated by potassium going to Argon via EC - in which there is an Auger cascade, which opens up Argon’s Rydberg sites. Thus you get both energy and reduced ground states in hydrogen at the same time. The dense hydrogen then produces more heat by some form of LENR. PS I believe Rossi. He probably does not consider K radioactive. Bob Most people do not dwell on the radioactivity of potassium, because the % of 40K is low and because potassium is a nutrient. Pass the bananas, please.
