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- From: Ligon@macgw1.ge.com (Woody Ligon)
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- Subject: Re: Notoya Demo/ No No Noninski
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- Date: 16 Nov 92 14:05:42 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.170826.200@physc1.byu.edu>, jonesse@physc1.byu.edu
- wrote:
- >
- > In cement+D2O, "we found a clear
- > random neutron emission from the portland cement mixed with D2O at the level
- > of 1X10-3 neutrons/second, which is, however, difficult to explain based on
- > radioactivity contamination in the cement..." This signal was about 10 times
- > the sensitivity limit. And observations have been repeated in the Provo
- > Canyon tunnel laboratory using fast-setting cement + D2O (and H2O, which shows
- > nothing). We are still working on isolating the source of the neutrons,
- > meanwhile we are encouraged by this path, found at Kamiokande and motivated
- > by the geological fusion hypothesis.
-
- I would respectfully suggest that a more interesting control for this
- experiment is not H2O as described in an earlier posting but rather H2O
- contaminated with the same (non trivial) amount of T2O as is present in
- the
- D2O being used.
-
- Even more interesting would be D2O free of T2O but this is probably
- harder to
- accomplish. As an alternative, I suggest substantially increasing the
- amount of
- T2O in the D2O and repeating the experiment. I mention these control
- experiments because it would seem that the weak but real ionized
- tracks produced by tritium decompositions could provide both a ready
- source of
- deuterons and a region (the ionized track) of relatively low density. If
- these
- particle tracks were adventitiously created in a region with high static
- charge
- arising during crystal formation then we have met a number of the
- requirements for conventional nuclear chemistry.
-
- Woody Ligon
- (Ligon@macgw1.crd.ge.com)
- Standard Disclaimer applies.
-