Jones etal--
Ni-62 and Ni64 are not a big constituents of natural Ni--Ni-58 is the
largest at about 68.3%. However, they both provide about 4.5% of the
natural Ni isotopes. Both Ni-62 and Ni-64 would transmute to stable Cu -63
and Cu-65 upon absorption of a proton. There may be no gammas emitted. On
the other hand transmutation of Ni-58 to Cu-59 would likely involve gammas
(maybe as high as 1.3 Mev associated with Cu-59 decay to Ni-59 which itself
is radioactive with no direct gamma emission, only positron emission with
its subsequent annililation with an electron producing the .51 Mev back to
back gammas.
Back to back .51 Mev gammas would also be present in the Cu-59 decay and
could easily be detected with coincidence gamma counters.
The in-growth of Cu isotopes may not disturb the lattice too much given
their low population in the lattice.
Spin coupling of the proton to the various Ni isotope may be the key to
getting the reactions to occur. This effect should be fleshed out by those
folks that can handle the math. I could but it would take me some time to
bone up on the wave functions and handling them. However, it is apparently
not new math but was done by Belinfante in 1908 in his theory of spin
momentum.
I bet Focardi understood this spin coupling and figured out what
temperatures would encourage the reaction of Ni62 and Ni64 separate from
Ni58. The Cat in Rossi's E-Cat is probably the special sauce that produces
the correct coupling at a given temperature. In addition to temperature
Rossi's device may include a controlled oscillating magnetic field.
A further refinement might be to enrich the Ni to have more Ni62 and Ni64.
This may be the heart of Rossi's Hot Cat design. A separate high
temperature lattice may also be involved such a a W-Ni lattice.
Does anyone have an idea how you would do such enrichment for Ni?
I would start with chemical separation based on photo sensitive Ni organic
compounds that respond to differing wave lengths of light for the various Ni
isotopes. It may be fairly simple.
One should investigate the Company that is making Rossi's Ni powder to see
if they do isotope enrichment work.
Bob
The
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jones Beene" <jone...@pacbell.net>
To: <vortex-l@eskimo.com>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2014 10:34 AM
Subject: RE: [Vo]:Newly published US20140034116A1 patent application
regarding LENR
From: Teslaalset
The most remarkable takeaway of US20140034116A1 is that the
inventors point out that using ionized 1/1 (light) Hydrogen, only two
Nickel
isotopes are suitable: Ni62 and Ni64. This is particulary interesting
since
they published this in their provisional patent application back in August
2012. Rossi and Defkalion started talking about specific Nickel isotopes
being essential during the course of spring 2013. Rossi amended his claims
in April 2013 claiming Ni62 is essential for the overall process.
Yes, that detail is interesting ... maybe even prescient ... but it would
only be patentable IF (big if) in the specifications, the inventor
described
a reactor which had actually been "reduced to practice" (instead of being
an
educated guess based on theory) and in which the enriched isotopes had
been
actually used, instead of the bulk metal.
It is not possible in US patent law to claim priority for use of a bulk
element by specifying an active alloy in that element.
This application reads like the inventor is trying to patent a theory. It
is
almost a certainty that this application will not be granted as drafted.
OTOH - the inventor has nuclear industry credentials, and has written a
book, of sorts... but none of that inspires confidence that he has written
an enforceable patent.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/15/zuppero_solar_system/
http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=4534
