WHOA! Speaking of "enhanced probability double beta decay" - (what I am calling DF) a rather amazing factoid has popped into view that could give this emerging hypothesis much broader traction than simply the unpowered Arata experiment only.
That experiment operates with zirconium, and 96-Zr was the initial isotope that got me thinking along the lines of DF. There is a list of known beta-decay stable isobars on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-decay_stable_isobars Nuclides in italics have non-maximal binding energy and should in principle decay **by double beta-decay** ... Guess what, vorticians - among these listed is palladium-110 which is about 12% of the natural abundance of Pd. I will let you fill in the blanks ... but here is one hint. Two elements up the periodic table from palladium is cadmium. Ever wonder why this element often shows up as a transmutation product in LENR? BTW - It would be a major, major story if the cadmium found in LENR were to be mostly of the 110 atomic weight, would it not? Perhaps worthy of a catch-22 pun... and more. This could be evolving in an interesting way, Yossarian, and you heard it first on vortex :) Jones Let me see if I've got this straight: in order to be grounded, I've got to be crazy and I must be crazy to keep flying. But if I ask to be grounded, that means I'm not crazy anymore and I have to keep flying. -----Original Message----- From: Jones Beene Robin - What is the energy available for Zr-94? That isotope does not show up in my reference for double beta decay. The real beauty, as an elegant explanation for many LENR phenomena, of using "enhanced probability double beta decay" - (what I am calling DF) - is this: Since the daughter (ash) or transmuted isotope actually "needs" the two emitted electrons (betas) then they often NEVER LEAVE the atom - and are picked up in the new inner orbitals or the new species (molybdenum in this case). This explains the most difficult thing there is to justify in LENR - the nearly complete lack (not total lack) of a gamma or x-ray signature, not even a secondary. There could be a modest electron cascade of some sort, but generally there is no substantial nuclear gamma or x-ray signature in DF, yet there is lot of energy - roughly a 50,000:1 ratio, compared to combustion. Jones -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] Hi, [snip] >The relation to the Arata experiment is this: That experiment has been >possibly misinterpreted heretofore, and it is NOT about deuterium per se - >but instead it is the first good evidence for a way to catalyze the DF >reaction of zirconium-96. [snip] The double beta decay of Zr-94 should also be possible (just). Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
