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Volume 9: Number 3: Article 1
Experiments on Claimed ß-Particle Emission Decay
V. C. Noninski, J. L. Ciottone, and P. J. White, Fitchburg State
College, Dept. of Chemistry, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 01420-2697
In a previous paper (Noninski, 1995) we reported comparative results
of gamma-ray measurements before and after burning of a mixture of chemicals.
Increase of gamma-ray activity after burning was claimed by some colleagues
to be an indication of the fact that certain nuclear processes can be
induced simply by carrying out chemical reactions. Although we observed
an increase in the gamma-ray counts after burning of the sample, we
concluded that the reasons for this increase are trivial and are due
to concentrating, as a result of burning, of the naturally occurring
isotopes of some elements, especially K-40. We noted, however, that
there may be certain conditions, unknown to us, which may bring about
the purported changes of nuclear character due simply to chemical reactions.
In follow-up of our manuscript, (Lin, 1995), presented data of ß-particle
decay when using a mixture whose composition includes fewer chemicals
than those in the mixture studied by us. Also, the amounts of the various
ingredients in the mixture differed from those used in (Noninski). We
carried out a series of measurements of the ß-particle emission
activity with this new recipe and are reporting the results from these
studies in the present communication.
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