| Title: | CONTEXT FOR UNDERSTANDING WHY PARTICULAR NANOSCALE CRYSTALS TURN-ON FASTER AND OTHER LENR EFFECTS |
| DOI No: | 10.1142/9789812772985_0045 |
| Source: | CONDENSED MATTER NUCLEAR SCIENCE (pp 430-440)
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| Author(s): | SCOTT R. CHUBB
Research Systems Inc., 9822 Pebble Weigh Ct. Burke, VA 22015-3378, USA
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| Abstract: | Two persistent questions have been: (1) Why is it often necessary to wait for a finite period of time before the Excess Heat effect is observed after palladium (Pd) has been sufficiently loaded with deuterium (D), that the near full-loading condition (PdDx, 0.85 ~ < x → 1) that is required for Excess Heat, has been achieved? (2) Is it possible to identify physical properties of the materials and/or crystals that are used that might be playing a role in the interval of time associated with this phenomenon? Recently, I generalized conventional energy band theory to address both questions. The new theory can explain these experimental results but will be ignored by most scientists. I suggest that this is expected: The context of energy band and Ion Band State (IBS) theory is very different from the context of hot fusion theory. Even within the Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) field, hidden, simplifying assumptions exist, which implicitly reflect biases associated with the context of hot fusion. A typical example is the idea that a single, particular form of reaction or environment can explain all LENR phenomena. As opposed to such a picture, involving a single "nuclear active environment" ("NAE"), the context of IBS theory and many-body physics suggests a more realistic and useful description of LENR involves a multiplicity of "nuclear active environments" (NAEs). |
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