Energy generation from volcanic ground states. Application to cold He22+

✍ Scribed by C.A. Nicolaides

• Book ID: 103027180
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 647 KB
• Volume: 161
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(89)87036-8

✦ Synopsis

The lifetime of the v= 0 vibrational level of the volcanic He :' 'X: state, which autodissociates to He+ +He+ fragments, has been calculated to be extremely long: 220 min. This fmding, together with the high energy content of He$+ and its small mass, offers the possibility of new physical and chemical reactions for the release of propulsive energies in the range 2304000 heal/ mol, with specific impulses much larger than that of existing liquid hydrogen plus oxygen fuels. The observation of He:+ via charge-stripping mass spectroscopy has been reported in the literature. Based on computed data, we propose alternative methods for its production involving collisional and radiative processes.