Fedir Mykhaylov

Lviv, Ukraine
email: fedirmykhaylov@i.ua
tel. mob. +380675814352
The Hypothesis of micro acceleration mechanism for nuclear fusion E-Cat reactor.
To describe the operation of the reactor, processes confirmed by modern science where used,
without involving exotic and unproven theories.
1. In the process of nickel hydrogen saturation the physical adsorption of the hydrogen-gas phase
occurs, dissociation of hydrogen molecules on the metal surface, the transition of the hydrogen
atoms to the protonated form with the partial transfer of the electronic charge to the conduction
band of the metal. Hydrogen in the metal is not in the form of a bare proton, it has about 0.1-0.6
electron per atom. Protons are located in the octahedral interstices of the crystal lattice of nickel
and have a greater diffusive mobility. At room temperature the proton makes 2x1012 hops per
second, due to the small diffusion activation energy of hydrogen - 0,05 ev.
2. In the crystal lattice of the metal there are point defects-vacancys. In the process of the
diffusion, when the protons get from the octahedral voids into the vacancys, the protons first pass
into atomic and then molecular form. The size of the hydrogen atom of 0.1 nm (1A) is to five
orders of magnitude than the size of a proton 10-6 nm (10-5A), the size of the molecule of
hydrogen - 0.212 nm. Molization of hydrogen atoms leads to a large increase in pressure and
temperature in the vacancy, the deformation of the crystal lattice occurs increasing the hardness
and brittleness of the metal. Exceeding the tensile stress above the tensile strength causes
microcracks in nickel. On the fresh microcrack mosaic-charged surface are formed. Electrons and
protons are emitted from the surface into the field ofuncompensated charges, and then
accelerated to high energies.
3. The influence of accelerated electrons and protons leads to a mass generation of pint radiationinduced defects-vacancies in the crystal lattice, a phenomenon of blistering occures. Intensive
growth of blisters forms mosaic-charged areas on their inner surface and accelerates protons. Due
to the blistering, nanorelief is created on the surface of the grains of fuel. It consists from bloated
vacancies. The plasma mechanism of energy transfer to the proton inter-lattice gas starts to work.
In the metal-hydrogen system, stimulated by the accelerated electrons, the local frequencys of Hcontaining bonds lie outside the phonon spectrum of the crystals. Before the relaxation of the
stimulation, H-containing bonds are able to make 105-106 oscillations. There is intensification of
migration of the protons with increased accelerating effect in growing blisters.
4. In connection with the use of e-sat hydrogen, with natural ratio of protium and deuterium
isotopes, in the reactor the threshold reaction, under the action of accelerated protons with the
generation of epithermal neutrons, will pass:
Li6+H1=Be7+n.

Further, after the neutron moderation in hydrogenated nickel, the reaction of deuterium buildup
takes place:
H1+n=D+h.
Under the influence of thermal neutrons in nickel isotope shift to isotope Ni62 develops. To ensure
stable operation of the reactor, preliminary fuel deuterium enrichment is advisable. For instance,
by electrolysis of grains of nickel in the solution of a mixture of lithium salts, water and heavy
water. Electrolytic treatment creates nanorelief on the nickel surface for plasma stimulation of
diffusion of protons and deuterons in nickel. One factor causing an accelerated hydrogen
adsorption is the formation of a thin layer of sulfur on the surface of grains of nickel, formed
during heating of the reactor.
5. Deuterium, accumulated In the process of diffusion, as a less mobile and more massive isotope
of hydrogen, will gather themselves in the form of deuterons in the nearest octahedral voids
around the vacancies. Deuterons accelerated by the mechanism described above start to react
with screened deuterons, located in the octopores of the lattice. The reaction may take place in
two ways:
D+D=T+H1

and

D+D=He3+n.

At low energies the deuteron reaction goes on neutron-free channel. The fastest reaction will the
one with the largest cross section:
T+D=He4+n.
Lack of registration of protons and alpha particles around the reactor is due to the short range of
particle path in the frame of the reactor. The lack of detection of neutrons is due to the
dominance of the neutron-free fusion channel reaction at low energies. Different ratio of lithium
isotopes in two analyzes of used fuel can be explained by the enrichment of the surface layers of
the fuel by isotope Li6, as a result of thermal diffusion in the cycles of sorption-desorption of
hydrogen.