What The H--l Are Hydrinos!?!

What The H--l Are Hydrinos!?!

By Normxxx | 3 August 2008

"BlackLight has invented a new primary energy source with applications to heating, distributed power generation, central power generation, and motive power based on a new chemical[!?!] process of releasing the latent energy of the hydrogen atom, the BlackLight Process. In this process, the electron in an ordinary hydrogen atom is induced to move closer to the proton, below the prior-known ground state to form more stable hydrogen atoms called hydrinos. The large energy released exceeds that required to extract hydrogen from water, such that water may serve as the hydrogen fuel source for the process."

I've heard about this; while on the surface it at least appears not to be an outright fraud[!?!] ("BlackLight's experimental results are published widely and have been replicated by independent groups." [[I have, as yet, not checked these references out— but, so far, ALL of these papers seem to have been written by R.L. Mills— who is a physician, NOT a physicist— where is the "independent" verification spoken of?: normxxx]]). But there ARE a number of OTHER problems which I need to see answered before I BELIEVE.

1. I am not sure, but I was under the impression that the electron in the hydrogen atom was already occupying the "ground", or innermost state. Why is this important? BECAUSE, if so, moving it to an 'orbit'(?) closer to the proton/nucleus would violate a number of FUNDAMENTAL laws of physics, not least, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle (the "Ground" state orbit is the lowest orbit allowed by the Uncertainty Principle) and Einstein's explanation of the Quantization Of Radiation, aka, the "PhotoElectric Effect" (for which he won his Nobel prize!).

In particular, the "Laws of Orbital Mechanics" seem to prohibit "lesser than ground state orbitals"! [In atomic physics, electrons cannot be described as 'solid' particles (like a planet); a more accurate analogy would be that of a large and often oddly-shaped 'atmosphere' (or charged field), namely, the 'electron', which is 'distributed around' a relatively tiny primary, namely, the 'atomic nucleus' (the electron, therefore, has a minimum size according to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle). Atomic spectral lines— light/electromagnetic waves— correspond to transitions (quantum leaps) between quantum states/'orbitals' of an atom— light/energy is 'absorbed' when moving to an outer orbital; light/energy is 'emitted' when moving to an inner orbital.

Atomic orbitals are the 'possible' quantum states of individual electrons in the 'electron cloud' of one or more electrons surrounding the nucleus in a single atom [[eg, "moving the electron closer to the proton" would seem to involve a change of orbital to a lower orbital, resulting in a smaller 'electron atmosphere' for that new orbital, which is FORBIDDEN, since the 'electron atmosphere' of an electron in the ground state is ALREADY occupying the smallest size allowed by Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle: normxxx]])

Note, also, that ONLY the INSTANTANEOUS movement from one quantum state/'orbital' to another is allowed by the Laws of Orbital and Quantum Mechanics; NO INTERIM (partial? fractional?) STATES ARE ALLOWED! Try re-reading this several times; I tried real hard to paraphrase it clearly and correctly, but without some background, it still is likely to come off like Greek— as Niels Böhr once said, "Never express yourself more clearly than you think," and "If you think you can talk about quantum theory without feeling dizzy, you haven't understood the first thing about it."]

2. No one has ever conceived of or demonstrated any remotely similar effects in physics or chemistry; while this is not much of a counterargument, it does leave these results hanging until better understood and related to the rest of physics/chemistry; anything less is simply "miraculous".

3. How much energy is required for this "reaction"? It would have to be one or more orders of magnitude smaller than the energy normally needed to seperate the hydrogen and oxygen in water to be practical.

4. What the h— l is a "hydrino"— and what are its properties? (I am always very suspicious of any newly discovered phenomenon so strange as to require a new name: this is often the hallmark— though hardly always— of a charlatan trying to sound "scientific". Moreover, the principal in this experiment— Dr. Randell L. Mills— is neither a physicist nor a chemist, but rather a physician. At least the "cold fusion" team was headed by well-regarded chemists.)

Too bad; it seems we either have to reevaluate ALL of 20th century quantum mechanics (possibly repealing the A-bomb and H-bomb in the process), or the effect is real, but Mills is all wet (pun intended) about his hydrino ...[!?!]

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Normxxx    
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