On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]>wrote:
Eric, ALL nuclear reactions generate heat. Alpha emission is a nuclear > reaction. Therefore, heat was generated. > Ha. Yes, I stand corrected. I think I had "excess heat" in mind. Also, Jed brings up a good point about the CR-39 trials -- we don't know one way or another. If Abd were here, it would be very difficult to discuss the CR-39 trials, because he'd complain about every little point one tries to make. ;) We know that when large amounts of heat are detected, alpha emission at a > comparable rate does not occur. Clearly, large heat production and alpha > emission are not related. > I'm afraid we keep on going around in circles on this point. You are assering that prompt alphas comparable to the heat that is generated are not produced, and I'm trying to figure out what the basis is for your assertion. Until I have convinced myself that this is correct on the basis of something other than your assertion, I won't be able to follow you to your conclusion of slow helium formation. I think it's not as bad as when we started -- I now have some more details to work with and Hagelstein's papers to read. > And NO, helium can not be produced by a reaction that sometimes makes > alpha and sometimes releases He without kinetic energy. Such a reaction is > too improbable to be seriously considered. > You've gone further than I can go yet. :) I haven't convinced myself that there's ever 4He formation without kinetic energy. Eric
