In the other thread there is a comment to the effect that this is a
small-scale hot fusion effect ("fractofusion"). My comments would not
apply. Part of the complexity of the field is that there isn't just one
LENR; there are apparently a whole bunch of different phenomena requiring
distinct explanations. The underlying physics of the Ni/light water systems
may have nothing to do with the physics of Pd/Deu systems and so on.Jeff On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 5:28 PM, Jeff Berkowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Widom Larsen postulate that the neutrons are produced when a proton > captures an electron. The process is endothermic (energy must be supplied > or it will not occur) so the neutrons initially have extremely low energy > ("cold"). As a result they are nearly stationary and don't leave the > material. Also the reaction cross-section with nearby nuclei is high > leading to a cascade of nuclear effects that product the observed energy. > > ymmv > Jeff > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Robert Lynn < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Neutrons are hard to shield and when absorbed can produce radioactive >> materials. Could this be a potentially killer blow to otherwise safe LENR? >> >> Fission reactors typically create up to 10^13 neutrons per cm² per >> second, and this experiment was only making about 200000 per s, over (I >> assume) the full 4Pi sphere but was also probably only a few watts of >> power. If this is a standard feature of LENR and is scaled up to 10's or >> 100's of kW for transport applications maybe we are looking at more like >> 10^10 per s will it be ultimately be dangerous? The oil industry will be >> looking for exactly this sort of flaw to keep themselves in business. >> >> Why haven't other researchers seen Neutrons, were they not looking or are >> they at too low an energy or flux to be easily detected? >> >> On 17 August 2012 22:10, Akira Shirakawa <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On 2012-08-17 20:39, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Absolute confirmation of Nuclear Fusion from deuterated titanium using >>>> shock >>>> procedure >>>> - Mark Prelas: 62Million Neutrons within 5 minutes -- Fully reproducible >>>> >>> >>> I'm not a theoretician (so please correct me if I'm wrong), but isn't >>> this *not* predicted by the W-L theory? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> S.A. >>> >>> >> >
