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No, the overall concept in the metal lattice was that the lattice itself brought the hydrogens closer in some way, or lowered the potential barrier between them
by at_a_remove 6y ago
No, the overall concept in the metal lattice was that the lattice itself brought the hydrogens closer in some way, or lowered the potential barrier between them.
Also, it's palladium. Getting hydrogen to fuse with palladium is a net loss of energy, which would be amusing in a sad way. "Guys, we got fusion to work, but it actually takes energy!"
- jboy55 6y agoJust a note, if you are going to throw away the rule book (standard model) because its 'cold' fusion, you can't then say that hydrogen palladium fusion is a net loss of energy. If being cold changes everything so much, who knows under cold conditions if it's a net gain?
- at_a_remove 6y agoOh, I'm not suggesting throwing away the Standard Model (although it has its known quirks and I am assuming you are referring to the Standard Model), but you don't need to do that to say that hydrogen palladium fusion is a net loss of energy. That just takes your basic addition and subtraction and keeping hold of a little thing called conservation of mass-energy. That ... I am not throwing out the window. I am only saying that we retire to the most basic definition of fusion: a bunch of atoms of lighter elements become, through some process, fewer atoms that have some heavier elements in the mix. I am in no way suggesting that binding energy doesn't exist, etc.