Following up on my recent post about cold fusion, an interesting paper from NASA posits an explanation, namely slow-moving neutrons being absorbed into the nucleus, causing instability, decay, and energy release.
Following up on my recent post about cold fusion, an interesting paper from NASA posits an explanation, namely slow-moving neutrons being absorbed into the nucleus, causing instability, decay, and energy release.
Favorite quotes:
"According to Zawodny, nuclei presented with sluggish neutrons slurp them up like a hungry Texan with a bowl of firehouse chili. But like many a chili consumer, the nuclei can find that their indulgence makes them, shall we say, unstable. And while I am too polite to continue the chili metaphor past this point, the nuclei do find that emissions relieve their distress."
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"Those neutrons, as we noted, are immediately captured by nuclei of the metal atoms, setting in motion a chain of events which turns the nickel into copper and releases useful energy."
So it's the Philosopher's Stone, essentially.
http://climate.nasa.gov/news/864
Favorite quotes:
"According to Zawodny, nuclei presented with sluggish neutrons slurp them up like a hungry Texan with a bowl of firehouse chili. But like many a chili consumer, the nuclei can find that their indulgence makes them, shall we say, unstable. And while I am too polite to continue the chili metaphor past this point, the nuclei do find that emissions relieve their distress."
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"Those neutrons, as we noted, are immediately captured by nuclei of the metal atoms, setting in motion a chain of events which turns the nickel into copper and releases useful energy."
So it's the Philosopher's Stone, essentially.
http://climate.nasa.gov/news/864
If this is real, they need to find a new name for it, otherwise they can't sell it.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. And the behaviour of the company producing the device supposedly based on this idea is really odd.
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