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- From: <STEVO%URSINUS.BITNET@vm1.nodak.edu>
- Subject: Submission for sci.physics.fusion
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- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:52:58 GMT
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- <logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan)> quotes and writes:
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- >J_FARRELL@acad.fandm.edu writes:
- >>As far as we can tell they [hydrinoes] do not represent a biological hazard.
- >
- >This can only be true, I would think, if they were essentially chemically
- >inert below temperatures hostile to lifeforms. Much of biological chemistry
- >involves the structures of molecules, and the size of the constituent
- >atoms has a strong influence on such structural alignment. Thus a smaller
- >hydrogen atom would certainly muck up biological chemistry if it had similar
- >chemical properties to its larger cousin.
-
- When Mills and I were first considering the possiblility of the hydrino
- causing harmful biological effects, were we going on the assumption that
- it was a highly reactive species and would thus not participate in
- catalytic effects. Then Mills changed his mind, and said that any
- hydrinos would be inert. I'm not sure why he changed his mind. Perhaps
- Dr. Farrell has an explanation as to why they would be inert rather than
- highly reactive.
-
-
- Sincerely,
-
- Steve Kneizys
- Ursinus College
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