How about Neutron beta-decay : electron and proton? (Admittedly the result is charge-neutral).
The electrons somehow come from particle decay. You say neutrons, I say muons. How many neutrons would turn into protons to produce a watt of electric power... About 10^20 neutrons per second. The LENR fuel would sooner or later become nuclear unstable with too many protons in the nucleus with few neutrons to keep the nucleus stable and there would be an increase in the heavy element assay of the fuel as light elements turned into heavier ones (aka high Z).
The term "high-Z" is used to refer to:
- Chemical elements with a high atomic number (Z) of protons in the nucleus
I say that muons come from the energy production generated by the LENR reaction as energy is converted into particles...muons. LENR produces little heat as compared to the vast number of muons that are generated from hadronization.
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