How Cold Fusion Can Work With Hydrogen and Nickel
A lot of questions have arisen after the two remarkable scientists Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi reported their successful discovery of cold fusion. There were other scientists who tried to confirm the basic principles behind the reactions occurring in cold fusion. Some failed in obtaining cold fusion in the first place, while others succeeded.
This only created more controversies and triggered more curiosity about how cold fusion can work with Hydrogen and Nickel at
temperatures below 1000K, as claimed by Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi. This contradicts the principles of nuclear physics and as more scientists have continued to contribute to understanding the process, here is an account of what could likely explain how cold fusion
can work with Nickel Hydrogen fusion.
The Process
The Nickel Hydrogen fusion process produces energy and copper isotope. The copper isotope decays producing a different Nickel isotope which yields more energy. Based on this principle, according to Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi they have successfully developed a cold fusion reactor. This reaction is believed to have the capacity of producing 12,400 watts of heat energy with an input of as little as 400 watts of electricity. In January they held a press conference to show how their apparatus works.
Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi explained that when the atomic nuclei of both Hydrogen and Nickel fuse in their cold fusion device or reactor. Less than one gram of Hydrogen is used in the reactor and the reaction starts with 1,000 watts of electricity. After a few minutes the amount of electricity is reduced to 400 watts. As the reaction proceeds it converts 292 grams of water art 20°C into dry steam at 101°C.
The Principles of the Reaction
Professor Christos Stremmenos has provided a reasonable theory on how cold fusion can work with Hydrogen and Nickel. He supported the Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi theory which also says that the Nickel nuclei being a crystal structure fuses with the Hydrogen nuclei which diffuse into the Nickel nuclei. Coulomb forces are taken over by the resultant nuclear forces. Nickel acts as a catalyst and decomposes the bi-molecules of Hydrogen breaking them into single molecules. At the same time, these Hydrogen molecules come into contact with the surface of the Nickel atoms. The electrons in Hydrogen atoms get deposited on the Nickel atom in the Fermi Band and diffuse deeper into the crystal structure in Nickel atoms. This is how the Nickel Hydrogen fusion occurs.
Professor Christos Stremmenos also believes that the electrons in the central cavity of the Nickel crystal result in a shielding force. This shield holds on to the Hydrogen or deuterium nuclei within the Nickel atom. Stremmenos suggests that this serves as the source of energy for cold fusion reaction. Subsequently, the captured Hydrogen atoms within Nickel result in exothermic nuclear reactions which produce isotopes which are by products of the Nickel Hydrogen fusion.
Furthermore, Professor Christos Stremmenos further takes a qualitative approach to explaining this theory as a physicist. He used three theories to explain:
Bohr’s Hydrogen Atom
The Hydrogen atom, referred to as Bohr continues to remain in a stationary state as long as there is no energy applied to it. This is explained by the in-phase wave (de Broglie), which remains a circular path of the orbiting electron. The radius of the circular path is determined by fundamental energy states of the atom.
Once the Hydrogen atoms come into contact with the Nickel nuclei, they abandon their stationary state and let go of their
electrons. The electrons are deposited into the conductivity band of the Nickel atom and they readily diffuse into the Nickel crystalline structure. If there are tetrahedral or octahedral spaces in the crystal lattice they will occupy these void spaces. These deposited electrons create a conductivity electron cloud which is distributed in the energy bands (Fermi Band). This allows the electrons to move freely in throughout the metallic mass. This is where the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle comes in.
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
The non localized electrons which are in a dynamic state are in a state of uncertainty which is explained by Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. This probably lasts for 10 to 18 seconds and a series of neutral mini Hydrogen atoms could be formed. These could be in an unstable state, and of various sizes and at different energy levels while they are within the Fermi Band.
The neutral mini Hydrogen atoms have high energy and short wave length which is due to the cyclic orbits (de Broglie). These are captured by the nuclear reaction within the crystal structure and this occurs within 10 to 20 seconds. The Hydrogen atoms then fuse with the Nickel nuclei. However, they must have a dimension smaller than 10ˆ to 14ˆ. The assumption here is that only a few atoms will satisfy this de Broglie condition.
High Speed Nuclear Reactions
Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi proposed a mechanism which is verified by the mass spectroscopy data. It predicts that the Nickel nuclei changes into unstable copper nuclei which are its isotopes. However, Professor Christos Stremmenos confirms that the trapped mini Hydrogen atoms (?-) within the Nickel nuclei undergo “in-situ annihilation” which was predicted by Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi. It causes decay ?+ of the new copper nuclei being produced. The ?+ and ?-annihilation leads to emission of high energy photons.
Therefore, conclusively this is the best explanation of how cold fusion can work with Hydrogen and Nickel. As impossible or against the laws of nuclear physics as it may seem; the cold fusion reaction is real.