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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1053)	7/14/2005 4:40:38 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 24213

The sound waves are created externally are the "energy in" part. Cavitation occurs when the "rarefaction" portion of the wave creates a pressure so low in the liquid that it actually evaporates in that region and creates a bubble of gas. It was recently discovered that, under proper circumstances, the collapse of those bubbles could involve enough energy to tear electrons from the outer shells of atoms; when those electrons later reuite with those atoms (now charged ions), that energy is released in the form of a photon of light. Hence the photoluminescence referred to. The problem involved with nuclear fusion is that the energy required to push 2 nuclides (in this case presumably hydrogen, deuterium, or tritium nuclides) together close enough to produce fusion of those nuclides is orders of magnitudes greater than that required to produce photoluminescence. In more physical terms, photoluminescence involves the electromagnetic force, whereas fusion involves the strong force. If fusion can be achieved, the energy released by that fusion will be far greater than the energy needed to achieve it. In other words, the "energy out" will be far greater than the "energy in". This sounds suspiciously like "cold fusion" from a decade back which was thoroughly debunked.