In reply to Rick Monteverde's message of Fri, 15 May 2009 17:14:50 -1000: Hi, [snip] >If CF is energy well beyond chemical, and the conclusion regarding the "two >regimes" at the end of the piece is correct, then it seems possible if not >likely that the means will be eventually discovered to reproduce powerful >reactions at will in either regime. The implications of success in the first >regime are wonderful. The second, not so much.
Consider that the first regime may actually be the second regime, but on a microscopic scale. IOW minute explosions are taking place, witness the small craters observed in the cathodes of successful experiments. This would mean that as experimenters get better at creating the right environment, the experiments may get more dangerous. It's possible that the second regime also occurs to some extent in existing fusion bombs, unbeknownst to their creators. Note however that if H is used as a fuel iso D, then a device results in which the reaction is much easier to control, because it is harder to initiate, and also because the parameter space is larger, leaving one with more room to maneuver. It's rather like burning wet wood. This is why the Ni/H results have never been as impressive as the Pd/D results. I.e. in the latter we have primarily a D-D -> He4 reaction, while in the former we have reaction of H with Ni (or possibly with what little D exists), but the H-H reaction effectively doesn't happen, because it requires a weak force conversion making it extremely rare (reason also why the Sun can exist without exploding). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
