Comments on: BOMBARDING the Atom for POWER and GOLD (Dec, 1932) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/22/bombarding-the-atom-for-power-and-gold/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Topolino e il vero mistero del professor Enigm http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/22/bombarding-the-atom-for-power-and-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-1076551 Topolino e il vero mistero del professor Enigm Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:48:26 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/22/bombarding-the-atom-for-power-and-gold/#comment-1076551 [...] già da tempo (era nell’immaginario collettivo da anni, a giudicare da quanto si può leggere su Modern Mechanix del 1932 e Modern Mechanix del 1934, e quindi perché non nei fumetti?), per cui il “vero” mistero è [...] [...] già da tempo (era nell’immaginario collettivo da anni, a giudicare da quanto si può leggere su Modern Mechanix del 1932 e Modern Mechanix del 1934, e quindi perché non nei fumetti?), per cui il “vero” mistero è [...]

]]> By: Eik http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/22/bombarding-the-atom-for-power-and-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-1043087 Eik Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:06:04 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/22/bombarding-the-atom-for-power-and-gold/#comment-1043087 Many years I searched for Heinz von Bohndorff, who was a friend of my father in the early thirties. He had a labaoratory in the north of Berlin and a firm in the city. My father has done some mechanic work for him. Bohndorff was jewish and had to escape from Germany. His last message (without an adress) to my parents was from 1934 . I'm extremly interested in this person. Many years I searched for Heinz von Bohndorff, who was a friend of my father in the early thirties. He had a labaoratory in the north of Berlin and a firm in the city. My father has done some mechanic work for him. Bohndorff was jewish and had to escape from Germany. His last message (without an adress) to my parents was from 1934 .
I’m extremly interested in this person.

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/22/bombarding-the-atom-for-power-and-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-13984 jayessell Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:15:28 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/22/bombarding-the-atom-for-power-and-gold/#comment-13984 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025189 A few years later, in 1934, a German film is made that features a gold making machine. Had they read this article, they would have had mercury as the raw material. Note... Years later, stock footage from the 1934 film is used in the 1953 film "The Magnetic Monster". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025189

A few years later, in 1934, a German film is made that features a gold making machine. Had they read this article, they would have had mercury as the raw material.

Note…

Years later, stock footage from the 1934 film is used in the 1953 film “The Magnetic Monster”.

]]> By: Stephen http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/22/bombarding-the-atom-for-power-and-gold/comment-page-1/#comment-8135 Stephen Wed, 23 Aug 2006 01:00:57 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/08/22/bombarding-the-atom-for-power-and-gold/#comment-8135 Turning mercury into gold would mean changing one proton into a neutron. Bombarding mercury nuclei with protons seems a bit of a wrong-headed way of doing that. You'd be more likely to make thallium, which has one more proton than mercury, but is even less pleasant company! Since I can find no references to the pioneering Herr von Bohndorff on the Internet, I think he was probably making it up. 0.0008 grams of gold is about 2.4*10^18 atoms. If the efficiency was even ten times better than Cockcroft and Walton's, at one part in a million, he would have had to make more than 2*10^24 attempts at transformation. Two million million million million protons each accelerated across a million volts is an awful lot of current! Turning mercury into gold would mean changing one proton into a neutron. Bombarding mercury nuclei with protons seems a bit of a wrong-headed way of doing that. You’d be more likely to make thallium, which has one more proton than mercury, but is even less pleasant company! Since I can find no references to the pioneering Herr von Bohndorff on the Internet, I think he was probably making it up. 0.0008 grams of gold is about 2.4*10^18 atoms. If the efficiency was even ten times better than Cockcroft and Walton’s, at one part in a million, he would have had to make more than 2*10^24 attempts at transformation. Two million million million million protons each accelerated across a million volts is an awful lot of current!

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