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To: timer

Hmmmm. He3+moon+return amazing how things keep building.


20 posted on 10/03/2006 7:15:50 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: tet68

He+moon+return : You must be thinking of this return to the moon to mine He3 for fusion-concept. That's the HARD way to do it. Much easier with CF/LENR. It makes tritium in great profusion, a signature of CF/LENR. H3 has a 1/2 life of about 12.5 years, decaying by the beta process : one neutron decays into a proton, an electron(for charge balance)and an electron neutrino, thus making a He3 nucleus, which is stable. The He3 atom is a "fermion" in that is has an odd number of fermions(2P, 1N, 2e = 5)whereas the He4 is a "boson"(2P, 2N, 2e = 6). Since fermions LIKE to pair up into bosons(1/2+1/2=1 or 1F+1F=1B), the He4 atom is basically 3 pairs of bosons = completely inert gas. He3 is also an inert gas because of the outer 2 paired electrons filling the shell, BUT the unpaired neutron in the nucleus means it has a magnetic moment. That moment is tiny BUT at cryogenic temperatures it can pair up with another He3 atom and thus they orbit around each other like cooper pair electrons in superconductivity.....That simple fact has ENORMOUS consequences if you REALLY know your Quantum Mechanics. Wanna know more?


22 posted on 10/03/2006 8:32:05 PM PDT by timer
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