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Cold Fusion explanation using the Y-Bias model of scalar dynamicsAn ‘out-of-the-box’ explanation of the quantum electrodynamics attendant to the phenomenon referred to as Cold Fusion, by one a revered theorist and leaders in the field of exotic, breakthrough energy research.
by David G. Yurth
After
reading the Technical Report 1852, February 2002, entitled “Thermal and Nuclear Aspects of
Pd/D2O System” Volume 1: A Decade of Research at Navy
Laboratories” by S. Szpak, P.A. Mosier-Boss, editors, including Scott
Chubb’s contribution cited as Chapter 5, entitled “An
Overview of Cold Fusion Theory” (page 91); and after reviewing the
article published in Infinite Energy Magazine entitled “Cold Fusion Debate Re-ignited During March Meeting Madness”
published in the May/June 2007 issue of Infinite Energy Magazine, Issue 73, it
seems to me some important parts of the Cold Fusion puzzle have been ignored
and/or misinterpreted. As a
result of the work we have been pursuing in the field of scalar interactions, we
have learned some things about the nature of scalar, quantum phenomena that are
not accommodated by the standard physical model. I was extremely pleased in the
Summer of 2008 to discover that I was
pleased to see it and more pleased to see his work referred to in Standard
Model – Beta Production Dynamics In nuclear physics, according to the standard physical
model, beta decay is described as a type of radioactive decay in which a beta
particle (an electron or a positron) is emitted. In the case of electron
emission, it is referred to as beta minus (β−),
while in the case of a positron emission it is described as beta plus (β+).
The kinetic energy of beta particles is exhibited across a continuous spectrum
ranging from 0 to maximal available energy (Q), the quotient of which
depends on parent and daughter nuclear states participating in the decay.
Typical Q is normally on the order of 1 MeV, but it can range from a few
KeV to a few tens of MeV. The most energetic beta particles are described as
ultra-relativistic, with speeds very close to the speed of light. In
β− decay, the weak interaction is said to convert a
neutron (n0) into a proton (p+) while emitting an electron
(e−) and an antineutrino (νe):
At the fundamental level (as depicted in the typical Further, the standard model holds that in all cases where
β+ decay is allowed energetically and the proton is a part of a
nucleus with electron shells, it is accompanied by the electron capture process
when an atomic electron is captured by a nucleus with the emission of a
neutrino:
But if the energy difference between initial and final
states is low (less than 2mec2), then β+
decay is not energetically possible and electron capture is the sole decay mode. This model has repeatedly been shown by widely reported
experimental evidence to be fundamentally flawed. Quantum Electro-dynamic Pump In an admixture of a specially formulated oxide of zinc we
intercalate ultra-pure nano-particulated Thorium232. The materials
are mixed with conventional VoC’s and deposited in a spin-coating apparatus
onto the surface of an electrically inert substrate. While the material is being
spin-coated and baked, the field is bathed in a strong positive magnetic
polarity so that the resulting crystalline lattice is permanently and positively
charged. Precisely how the zinc oxide lattice is caused to retain this positive
charge is a proprietary process not yet disclosed since it is currently being
reviewed by the patent office. According to the four-corner Hall Sensor tests we have
conducted on the resultant residual crystalline structure, the entire field
operates as a single, integrated, homogeneous crystal at less than R ≤ 2
ohms per square with zero capacitance at room temperatures. A 3” field covered
by the resultant thin film, shown to be less than 50 nano-meters in thickness,
containing these materials has been consistently shown to generate 2.24 volts at
.34 milli-amperes continuously in the presence of a weak permanent magnetic
field. We have repeated this process many times under controlled conditions and
are now able to produce bench-top products that can be connected in both
parallel and series configurations to produce continuous power at consistent
output levels for more than 3,600 hours. We have shown, in addition, that notwithstanding the
amount of electrical ion flow that is induced in this material, there is
absolutely no variance whatsoever in the mass while electrons are being emitted,
collected and rectified. We are demonstrating that in this configuration,
Thorium atoms are able to act as quantum dynamic electron pumps in the presence
of a weak magnetic field, operating in a positively charged environment, with
virtually no resistance and zero capacitance. Stacks of similarly prepared
substrate layers have been shown to emit no neutrons, no alpha, no gamma, and a
significant, consistent flow of electrons to a rectifier circuit. A single 3”
wafer coated with this material produces sufficient output on a continuous basis
to ignite and sustain photon emission from a bank of LED’s. Clearly, something unusual is going on here that
demonstrates a phenomenon which is similar in some important aspects to the CF
dynamics which observed but not yet explained. In the Y-Bias & Angularity
model, we posit that the Thorium atom held in suspension in the crystalline
lattice of zinc oxide acts not as a B-
emitter in the conventional sense but, rather, as a quantum electro-dynamic
generator. This model is amply documented in traditional literature where a
conductive metal is spun in the presence of an electromagnetic field to produce
ion flow. Our model [as illustrated by McGrath et al] demonstrates that the
Thorium atom’s natural tendency to emit electrons does not require neutrons to
be converted to protons with the release of an electron. Instead, what it
suggests is that in the same way a Meissner Field serves to facilitate
super-conductivity by acting as a conduit for free electrons flowing through a
non-resistive field, the oblate architecture of the Thorium atom spins around
its x-y axis at its quantum frequency while subjected to a magnetic field flux.
As it does so, it becomes, in effect, a mono-atomic generator – a conductive
element exhibiting magnetic potential while spinning around inside a magnetic
field. The spinning action generates an inductive field effect
that captures free electrons from the field and drives them into the positively
charged crystalline matrix. As with all generators, this spinning action
captures free electrons adjacent to the field at the narrowest radius of the
spinning electron orbital field potentials [where the Vanderwaals force is
greatest] during the first ½ rotational cycle. The captured electron then spins
off at the apex limit [where the Vanderwaals force is weakest] from the outer
electron orbital shell and into the surrounding positively charged matrix in the
following ½ of the rotational cycle. In the normal model, where ultra-pure Thorium232
is evaluated as an electron-emitting material, we discover [as the literature
clearly shows] that by itself, without being bombarded by slow velocity
neutrons, naturally occurring Thorium232 does not emit sufficient
electron flow to sustain any but the weakest load requirements. However, when
the field is examined under rigorous mathematical models, we find that the
crystalline matrix containing the Thorium material serves as a very efficient
electron recycling system in its ultra-pure state. Ordinarily, electrons emitted
by one atom are almost immediately re-absorbed by their neighbors – it is
because of this attribute [among others] that Thorium is not susceptible to
self-sustaining criticality when operating in its involuntarily induced nuclear
decay state. But when separated into extremely small nano-particles [i.e.,
single digit nano-meters], and when electron emission is captured in a
positively charged low resistance non-capacitive field, the magnitude of
electron flow becomes both sustainable and prodigious because of the increase in
surface area. In single digit nano-particle form Thorium atom clusters provide
up to 1015 more surface area than micrometer-sized particles. As the flux field induced by the permanent magnets
surrounding the matrix is increased, our laboratory results clearly show that
the magnitude of electron flow [measured in amperes] proportionately increases.
This phenomenon has been shown to operate with complete consistency across the
spectrum of magnetic flux field strengths. By stacking substrate layers in
parallel and series configurations we have been able to generate 24 volts at a
constant output of The Ukrainian Energy Cell In 1991 I was hired to serve as the Director of Strategic
Planning for a small technology R&D company based in The first discovery was that as the form factors became
larger and more massive the energy density of the encapsulated materials
proportionally increased. In the final embodiment, which was cased in a
conventional Diehard battery box, the energy density measured by INEEL exceeded
640 watt-hours per kilogram, which is just about equivalent to fully converted
high octane gasoline which yields 660 watt-hours per kilogram. The second discovery was even more important. When we
measured the mass of the fully charged devices, we were confused by the
discovery that our scales consistently showed substantially more mass in fully
charged containers than in fully discharged ones. For example, a fully charged
device such as the ones contained in the Diehard battery boxes weighed in at
22.1 kilograms. But when the same container had been fully discharged its mass
was shown to have been reduced to 20.23 kilograms. According to the most
fundamental precepts of the standard physical model this is absolutely
prohibited. You do not observe this effect in conventional chemical batteries
– the electrons are absorbed in their waveform state to become an intrinsic
part of the innate chemistry, but in this case, because the Ukrainian devices
are truly solid state energy accumulators, we found that the addition of
electrons could be measured in terms of increased mass. What this demonstrates is that not only does E ≠ MC2, but in this case, with this particular integration of
materials, E = Mv0, where energy in the form of
electrons was clearly shown to be equivalent to mass when the mass was traveling
at an absolute velocity of zero. For reasons I will attempt to make clear, I
believe this factor plays an important role in the CF phenomenological dynamic
that has not been accommodated before. High Density Electron Charge Clusters The work of Ken Shoulders, Hal Puthoff, G. Mesyats and
others who have applied for and obtained patents related to various aspects of
the HDCC – EVO [extraordinary voltage object] research conducted over the past
30 years seems dispositive in at least two fundamental ways in the context of
the CF work conducted over the past 20 years. Without going into a lengthy
dissertation on the subject, let me simply say that we have demonstrated
conclusively that high density charge clusters can be successfully and
effectively employed to remediate alpha, beta and gamma emissions generated by
highly radioactive long-lived nuclear waste materials. We have been doing this
work in our own lab for more than 17 years. Our work was independently tested
and validated in 2005 by DOE and their counterparts at What we know about the phenomenon as it applies to CF
research is that (a) high density charge clusters generated deliberately under
controlled conditions, with appropriately engineered apparatus, have been shown
to create significant pitting in the surface of the nuclear fuel rods. Shoulders
has provided extraordinary images created by his scanning-tunneling electron
microscope to demonstrate not only what this pitting looks like but how and why
it occurs. According to the mathematical model developed by Jin et
al, which has been experimentally validated in our own laboratory, when the high
density charge cluster torus is propelled through a proton-rich environment, it
picks up protons in the highly charged negative field contained in its center,
at the rate of one proton per 100,000,000 electrons. Since the field in a HDCC
torus measuring one micron in diameter contains Avogadro’s number of
electrons, the number of protons contained in each ‘burst’ generated at the
tip of the cathode is significant. What we have discovered is that while the
torus is being propagated through the proton field at about .10C [2,500 KeV],
the protons which have been captured are induced to accelerate at the same
velocity without the introduction of additional energy. This quantum field
effect has been mathematically articulated by Shoulders-Sarfatti in a
collaborative effort which is displayed on Shoulders’ web site. This often repeated and independently validated phenomenon
also violates the provisions of the standard model, as the ONR report clearly
suggests. Nevertheless, the fact that this occurs as part of the process is not
arguable now – we have hard, repeatable, publicly reported data which shows
that it happens. How and why it happens is another matter entirely. The answer
to this question should inform our notions about equivalent behaviors identified
in the CF process which still remain unexplained. Here is the way Simultaneous Acceleration in HDCC Interactions An
important feature of HDCC’s is their strong ability to ionize nearby materials
and the ability to attract and transport positive ions.
The ionization is produced by the high energy electrons in the potential
well of the HDCC. Those newly
produced positive ions (e.g., protons) can be trapped in the
highly‑negative potential well of the charge cluster and travel with and
be accelerated together with the charge cluster.
Experiments show that the number of trapped positive ions is about 10 ‑4
to 10 ‑3 percent of the electron number. Therefore, the local
positive ion density could be as high as about 1017 to 1018
ions per square centimeter. It is
important to note that this combined charge cluster can be accelerated to high
energies similar to the acceleration of an individual electron.
First,
we estimate the maximum electric field and holding power in a HDCC ring.
As an approximation of the HDCC ring, consider an electron ring with
major radius R,
minor radius a,
and uniform electron density ne,
in a background of ions (charge +Ze) of
uniform density ni. If we assume a/R << 1,
then the self-electric field Er
of the slender ring could be expressed approximately in cylindrical coordinates
(r, q
, z) by (in MKSA units)
Em = -
ener/2e0
(1
-
fe)
(1) where
fe =
Z ne/ni
is a charge neutralization factor.
The maximum electric field in the ring could be estimated by the electric
field at the edge of the ring (r = a):
Em = -
enea/2e0
(1 -
fe), or using the total
number of electrons in the ring, Ne
= 2p2a2R ne, it can be written as
Em = -
Ne/4p2e0aR
(1 -
fe)
(2) Numerically, it gives
Em = -
4.58 ´10-10Ne/aR
(1 -
fe)
(V/m)
(3) In
order for the ions to be accelerated along with the electron ring, the ions must
be held within the ring during the acceleration.
The “holding power” is defined as the maximum electric field holding
the ions in the accelerated ring, Eh
.
The Eh
is related to the maximum electric field Em and can be expressed as
Eh = h Em
(4) Because
of the neutralization effect of the ions the Eh
is always smaller than Em, i.e.h <
1.
The size of h
depends on the ion number and distribution in the
electron ring. As an example, consider the 20 mm diameter HDCC ring. With the data given by Ken Shoulders [8-11], we have a ~ 0.5 mm , R ~ 10 mm, Ne ~ 1013 and fe ~10-5<< 1, and therefore, we get Em ~ 1014 V/m, and
Eh <
1014 V/m
(5) This
field strength shows that the collective electric field in the HDCC ring is
millions of times stronger than the electric field in normal intense
relativistic electron beam (~ 100 MV/m), or about eight orders of magnitude
increase compared with the average electric field limit in conventional
accelerators (1 - 5 MV/m). This
holding power is strong enough to hold ions in the moving potential well of the
ring during the acceleration.
Consider
the ion loaded electron ring with sufficiently high holding power in an external
axial (z)
electric field E.
The rate of energy gain of the ion energy Wi
in the axial direction is then
dWi (HDCC)/dz
= eEMi/gcme [(1 – fe
)/(1 +
fe Mi/Zgcme)]
(6) where
Mi
and me are the ion and electron rest mass, fe = Zni/ne
is a charge
neutralization factor, ni and
ne
are the ion and electron number, Z
is the charge state of the ion, vc
= (1 -
(ve/c)2 )-1/2
is
the relativistic factor, ve
is speed of the electron cluster,
and c
is speed of light. In the case of
small ion loading comparing with electron number, i.e. fe
= Zni /ne << Zgc me/Mi
,
Eq. (6) reduces to
dWi (HDCC)/dz
= eEMi/gcme
(7) or after integration we have
Wi
(HDCC)
= eVMI/gcme
= (Mi /vcme)We
(8) where
V
is the applied potential difference, We
is electron kinetic energy. In the
same potential difference V,
the energy gain of a pure ion is
Wi = ZeV
(9) Comparing
the Eqs. (8) and (9) we have
Wi (HDCC)/Wi
= (Mi /Zgcme)We
= 1836A/Zvc
(10) where
A is the atomic weight of the ion.
This means that the ion acceleration by electron cluster is about 1836 A/Z
times more
effective than pure ion acceleration. Table
1 shows some applied potential differences and the kinetic energy of a proton
(deuteron) collectively accelerated by the electron cluster. As an example, consider a neutron producing
reaction:
p
+ 3Li7
6
4Be7 +
n,
Table
1 The proton (deuteron) energy accelerated by HDCC
Anomalous
Pitting
The
Self-Recharging Capacitor In
1939, Japanese physicist What
is important about this device is the phenomenon it demonstrates. The
crystalline lattice structure in the metallic plates of the capacitor becomes
re-aligned when softened and charged by directed DC voltage during the cooling
and re-solidification phase. That it captures ambient electrons and stores them
for future discharge is not arguable. How this happens and what it means for the
CF device is, I believe, dispositive. Summary
and Suggested Conclusions When
we take all this information into account, several important elements of the
dynamics operating in the CF apparatus lend themselves to a new explanation. We
begin by making a key observation. The pitting in evidence on the anodic
material appears to be virtually identical to the pitting shown by Shoulders’
digital images of HDCC impact
craters on the surface of various materials used as anodes. What those images do
NOT comport with are similarly digitized images showing the craters created by
neutron impacts with the surface of materials such as stainless steel [the
material used to encapsulate highly radioactive liquid nuclear waste materials
at Hanford, Savannah River and other waste storage sites] or zirconium [the
encapsulating material used to contain nuclear fuel materials for use in fission
reactors]. The
pattern of cratering evidenced in the CF apparatus is irregular and
inconsistent. This is significant because it means that the pitting is caused by
a series of self-organizing events which are not linear. In the same way and for
the same reason earthquakes are neither linear nor regularized, electron-cluster
discharge events occur anywhere on the surface of the emitting material. The
frequency, magnitude, location and timing of such events are, by definition, not
linear and not predictable. The CF apparatus appears to comply with the
fundamental rules of self-organizing criticality and events that are related to
it. One
of the reasons Pd is used in the CF design is because of its unique physical
properties, not the least of which are (a) its affinity for hydrogen and (b) its
innate tendency to high capacitance. What seems clear to me, in the context of
this conversation, is that the Pd in the CF apparatus acts as an effective
self-recharging capacitive device by attracting hydrogen, stripping the
electrons, storing the excess charge driven by the charge imbalance intrinsic to
the deuterium solution, and periodically discharging the electron clusters [and
a high number of protons] in high voltage bursts. When the electron bursts enter
the deuterium in an organized form such as a torus [as described by Since
the impact craters give evidence of high mass-low velocity impacts on the
surface of the target materials, and since the surrounding medium intrinsic to
the CF cell is a proton-rich fluid, it is reasonable to assume that the HDCC
protocol is being acted out. As a result of the way the Pd rods are arrayed in
the apparatus the discharge gap function which operates between the rods and
surrounding anode material is not optimized. The fact that the electron bursts
occur on the surface of the Pd rods at various times, locations, and magnitudes,
should give us another important clue. The nature of such emissions will, when
measured and mapped digitally, provide evidence of a logarithmic relationship
resulting in a map consisting of a straight line with a slope. The
fact that ONR’s measurements show periodic, inconsistent, non-localized
neutron emissions is fundamentally consistent with this model. When impact
events at the surface of the anode [and perhaps other adjacent materials] occur
above a certain energetic threshold, the aggregate kinetic energy represented by
the accumulation of protons in the center of the HDCC torus is sufficient, I
believe, to disaggregate the nuclear material contained in one or more atoms in
the target material. Because the event requires a minimal energetic threshold,
and because the impact events occur in fractal geometries rather in a linear
accumulating series, no self-sustaining events are precipitated. The
intermittent detection of neutrons exhibited by CF cells has been incorrectly
interpreted to be nuclear emission products. This is the clue that has
consistently been misinterpreted by CF researchers, including Pons, Fleischmann
and Jones. It is not the emission of neutrons as a result of nuclear decay at
low temperatures that is causing the neutrons to be emitted. Rather, the
neutrons are being liberated as a product of the HDCC impact events with the
surface of the adjoining anodic materials. This
explains why, for example, the CF apparatus evinces high periodic levels of
continuous exothermic radiation instead of ion flow through the cathode and
anode. Shoulders’ work shows, as does our own, that a principle product of
HDCC impact events is the liberation of Avagadro’s number of electrons at the
site of each impact, at the moment of each impact. The release of these
electrons is observed and measured in the form of heat rather than ion flow. The
thermal conductivity represented by the mass of the Pd rods serves to sustain
heat measurements over extended ΔT,
while electron
emission is measured instantaneously as a function of voltage and amperage
fluctuation. Summary
and Conclusions # # # David G. YurthDavid Yurth is an advisor for the New Energy Congress and is a founder of the Nova Institute of Technology.
Nova
Institute of Technology
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