Display MoreThe connection btw iron and natural magmatic LENR.. a millenial geological perspective
When I read Atom Ecology stuff
the impression that I get is that the RG LENR process involving heterogenous mixtures of metallic oxides
relates in some way to the heterogeneity of magmas..
however magmas are not fueled by deuterium..
where serpentinisation occurs.. (which is quite widespread from 12 km deep upwards to the solid surface)
they will be fueled by hydrogen( and a little deuterium)
The deeper magmas tend to be in a reducing environment
This reducingness is expressed in broad geologist terms as low f(O2) .low oxygen fugacity.
Singularly , on Planet Terra, te ao hurihuri- papatuanuku,,
molecular oxygen is maintained by the biosphere,.in a high fugacity environment
and as low fugacity magmas approach the surface they contact with hydrogen
derived from reduction of water by Fe+2... and other reduced forms of metal ions.
At the high temperatures in magma...... 600....1500 C the diffusion of hydrogen within the magma slush
is fairly rapid so that even some high MP crystals such as zircon,zirconium silicate, will have significant hydrogen concentrations.
it is within such crystalline structures as zircon, olivine, garnet,
( there are multitudes of minerals crystallizing. recrystallizing, over thousand of years in the magma mush)
that natural LENR reactions where hydrogen fuses to become helium may take place.
https://opentextbc.ca/geology/…crystallization-of-magma/
As Wyttenbach has pointed out.. the problem with H fusion is to have a pathway to release the huge energy of fusion which is 22 MEV
as gentle heat rather than as large Mev photons
A broad trophic pyramid of multiple ( hundreds of ) metallic isotopes.. Fe 156 157 etc with multlple gamma states all the way from 22 MEV down to low kevs
may be necessary to have a balanced 'ecosystem ' which deliversthe fusion energy as vibrations in the infrared range.
One problem is the low KEV states...in the lowerpart of the pyramid ..these tend to be in short supply... due to the general lack of odd isotopes.
There are plenty of High KEV states eg Fe 156..
If the gamma cascade is delivered by one 22Mev fusion event.. much more of the lower feeders will be needed.
For example Fe157 has a low 14.4 Kev state.
supposing 22 Mev loses 50% of its energy as heat as it steps down the gamma staircase
perhaps due to electron cloud vibrations due to intense magnetic ' field ' transfers)
this still leaves 11 Mev ..
At the 14.4 Kev bottleneck.. there are required to be , 11000/14.4 =764 Fe157 atoms to transfer this 11Mev..
but Fe157 is just a minor atom (2%) and there are lots of Fe156 atoms pushing stepped down energy
in large magma slush blobs covering cubic kilometers this low KEV population deficiency may not be a problem
as LENR from just a small portion will maintain the heat and hydrogen diffusion into the crystals..in the large blob
However in a pencil sized reactors supplementation of the mix with suitable low KEV isotopes has been suggested
with Sn/Ag... etc. . Iron alone is insufficient because the Fe157 is too low in concentration in the native iron supply.
of course Fe57 synthesis is possible by Fe56+H.> Co57.. there is some evidence for this from Iwamura..1998.
Of course one cannot patent a natural LENR process.. but to research and or patent a modified natural process
with hundreds of possible combinations of different gamma states will take some time.
Of course this is speculation.. without a gamma spectrometer.. an electric heater..an alumina or zirconia tube. etc and a lab..
but I do have some zircon sand..supposedly millions of years old and slightly radioactive with U and Th..
Sounds like it would be helpful if the lower material would come up and make it more easily available..