http://www.ladir.cnrs.fr/pages/fillaux/157_PAC_2007_1023.pdf
*Proton transfer across hydrogen bonds: From reaction path to Schrödinger’s cat* Why does the LENR electrolysis process benefit from and usually require a potassium bicarbonate catalyst to amplify the LENR reaction? Potassium bicarbonate as well as the carbonate provides a proton based molecular pairing that joins hydrogen atoms in a zero spin configuration. It is a superconductor type of crystal arrangement. The failure to achieve zero nuclear spin in molecular hydrogen whether that isotope be protium or deuterium is one of the primary reasons why electrolysis in LENR experimentation is so hard to achieve . On Sun, Jul 27, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Jul 27, 2014, at 9:51, Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I don't really understand what you mean by "strong Coulomb field in the > background". > > I'm thinking of a gradient of Coulomb charge off to the side of the > oncoming d's which is sufficient to polarize them as they approach one > another in the center of mass frame. It would be provided by the heavy > nuclei that make up the lattice sites in the metal (each of which will have > a large number of protons). I am not thinking of relativistic velocities, > and my hunch is that the d's will have time to orient in relation these > gradients. > > > In plasma fusion, I envision the Coulomb field primarily coming from > repulsion from the two protons as they approach each other. > > Agreed. In a plasma, I doubt the positive charge density (or any charge > density) in the background would be much, if anything. This is one of the > details that I suspect makes cold fusion possible or not possible. > > Eric > >
