Title: 60 times more energy output
Date: Thursday, February 20, 2003 @ 12:19:19 UTC
Topic: General
A recent article in New Scientist offers details of a reaction in which scientists released 60 times the energy they put into it.
The article focuses on the United States Air Force’s plans to use nuclear-powered drones, but reveals details of a 1999 experiment in which scientists released 60 times the energy they put into it.
The process is known as quantum nucleonic reaction and uses X-rays on hafnium-178 to liberate gamma rays, thus releasing more energy than was input. What most would define as over-unity.
From the article:
"The military interest was triggered by research published in 1999 by Carl Collins and colleagues at the University of Texas at Dallas. They found that by shining X-rays onto certain types of hafnium they could get it to release 60 times as much energy as they put in (New Scientist print edition, 3 July 1999)."
The process is considered safer than normal fission reactions.
Please read the complete article at:
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99993406
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