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Transmutation of Stable and Radioactive Isotopes in Biological Systems (Short Prehistory, Phenomenology, Experiments, Reasons and Perspectives) Transmutation of Stable and Radioactive Isotopes in Biological Systems (short prehistory, phenomenology, experiments, reasons and perspectives) Vladimir I. Vysotskii Kiev National Shevchenko University, Kiev, Ukraine AllaA. Kornilova Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia Contents 1.Prehistory 2. Experiments on controlled transmutation of nuclear isotopes in growing microbiological cultures 3. Experiments on controlled decontamination of active isotopes in biological cells 4. Biophysical reasons of isotope transmutation in biological systems 5. The possible physical mechanism of isotope transmutation in growing biological systems The report presents the results of combined examinations of stable and active isotope transmutation processes in growing microbiological cultures. Prehistory The hypothesis about the possibility of nuclear transmutation of chemical elements and their isotopes in biological systems is one of most mysterious in the natural history and has been frequently discussed during the last decades. The problems of transmutation and synthesis of chemical elements during the “pre-nuclear period”have their own history and mythology, own proponents and critics. The series of works Prof. C. LouisKervran (Paris Univ.) (1901-1983) holds a special place in the chronology of transmutation of chemical elements and isotopes in biological objects: Kervran C. L. Transmutations Biologiques, Métabolismes Aberrants de l'Azote, le Potassium et le Magnésium, Librairie Maloine S.A., Paris,1963; Kervran C. L. A la Découverte des Transmutations Biologiques, Librairie Maloine S.A., Paris,1966; Kervran C. L. Preuves Relatives à l'Existence de Transmutations Biologiques, Librairie Maloine S.A., Paris,1968; Kervran C. L. Biological Transmutations, Happiness Press, USA, Magalia, California,1998; Effectively, LouisKervran was the first scientist of the post-nuclear era, who conducted systematized research of possible transmutationalprocesses of chemical elements in biological objects. Kervran has investigated the reaction K39+=p1Ca 40 of potassium transmutation into calcium in the biological system containing hydrogen. This data corresponds to changes in potassium and calcium content in the process of growing seeds and were obtained from the analysis of 840 seeds and 403 sprouts. Average content in 1 Average content in 1 seed, mg sprout, mg 0.12 0.10 DMK= - 0,033 g K Deacreaseof potatium ¯ 0.08 (DM = -0,033 г) K 0.06 Ca 0.04 DMCa = 0,032 g 0.02 Mg Increase of calcium • 0.01 (DM = 0,032 г). t Ca The analysis Growth of culture The analysis (measurements) (measurements) Changes in K and Ca content in the seeds and sprouts. The left and the right parts of the figure show the measurement results by three series and average results Kervranalso investigated many other reactions of transmutation of isotopes, among which several should be specifically noted for their vital activity in producing essential elements Ca, K, Mg, P Na23+p1=Mg24,Mg25+Li6=P31,,Na23+=OK1639 Mg24+O16=Ca40, Si28+=C12Ca40 As a proof of running the reaction % 231639 0.8 Na+=OK Na 0.6 Kervranprovided the experimental data (Jullien, 1959). According to K 0.4 this data, placing a tenchfish into water, containing 1.4% of sodium 0.2 Ca chloride NaClfor 4 hours lead to 0 66% increase in KClconcentration in 0 1 2 3 4 5 t, h the blood of a tenchfish for the same Changes in content of Na, K and Ca in the period of time. blood of a tench fish, immersed in water containing 1.4% of NaCl. From the other hand the Kervran’spoint of view was far from standard nuclear conceptions. 1. He considered the reaction 14141211141216 7N+7N®6C+0n+1p+7N®+68CO n N N C O p as the process of proton and neutron transformation in the N2 molecule from one nucleus of nitrogen to another (with transformation of one nucleus of nitrogen into carbon and another — into oxygen). He suggested that this process will take place in a biological system at action of unknown enzyme in conditions of carbon deficit. There are no reasons for such hypothesis! 2. He often used concept of the reversibility of threshold transmutation process at which the law of conservation of energy is broken. For example, he postulated the possibility of inpossiblereversing the reaction of potassium transmutation into calcium Kp391+ÛDCa40 +(E=8,326 MeV) Û Kp39+ 1 ??? Such examples of careless assumptions are numerous in Kervran’s works. For instance, reactions of direct fission of isotopes, analyzed by him, Cl-O ® F, P-Li ® Mg, Ca-O ® Mg, Fe-H ® Mn, which, according to his opinion, can be sustained in living systems, are exoenergeticand need a huge amount of additional energy, equal to 5–20 MeVfor a single reaction. 3. Kervranhas not analyzed isotope ratio in initial and final states in any of his experimental works. It is the main mistake of Kervran’s experiments because “nuclear physics is science of isotopes (not elements!) transmutation” 4. In all own works Kervranhas called the process of transformation of elements in biological systems as special “biological transmutation”. In our opinion, there are no reasons to consider the process of transformation of isotopes in growing biological systems as “biological transmutation”and separate it from the general physical concept of transmutation as a process of transformation of isotopes in special dynamical environmental , governed by the laws of physics. Experiments on controlled transmutation of nuclear isotopes in growing microbiological cultures Experimental investigation of fusion of iron-region stable isotopes in "one-line" growing microbiological cultures About 20years ago we have studied and reported the process of transmutation of stable isotopes in growing "one-line" microbiological cultures in nuclear reaction 55257 Mn+d=Fe+15.6MeV;hFe54»5.8%,hhFe56»»91.8%,Fe57 2.2% The researches were carried out on different bacterial cultures. Cultures were placed in a flask with sugar-salt nutrient medium Components Concentrationin Admixture of Fe (no Admixture of Fe (no medium(%) more) relative (%) more) absolute (g) Sucrose 3 10-4 3.10-7 -4 -7 (NH4)2 tartrate 1 5.10 5.10 -4 -8 MgSO4 ×7H2O 0,25 2.10 5.10 -3 -8 CaHPO4×7H2O 0,008 1,5.10 1,2.10 -4 -7 K3PO4 0,5 5.10 2,5.10 -4 -9 MnSO4×7H2O 0,01 5.10 5.10 -7 -8 Pure water (D2O or H2O) 100 (10 ml) 10 10 A typical series of experiments concerning nuclear transmutationof elements consisted in growing of microbiological culture in 3 disks simultaneously (see Fig.1) Culture Mn55+=d2Fe57 Mn55+=p1Fe56 nutrient nutrient nutrient medium, medium, medium, D2O,MnSO4 D2O H2O,MnSO4 Fig.1 The scheme of experiment. Such series of experiments was held for different cultures, different time of growth Dt (24, 48 and 72 hours) and different growth modes (in still disks and media and in suspension stirring mode using magnet stirring device). Bacteria and yeast were grown in a thermostat at optimal temperature 32 C. Absorption, % Mossbauer investigation a of isotope transmutation 0 0.1 0.2 It was shown that the transmutation process during the growth of such b microbiological cultures had taken place, but its effectiveness had been low: 0 57 0.1 DN()Fe l=»10-8 0.2 N()Mnt55 D 57 c synthesized Fe nuclei per s and per single Mn55 isotope 0 0.1 0.2 -3.2 -1.6 0 1.6 3.2 Velocity, mm/s TheMossbauerspecterforthegrowncultureSaccharomycescerevisiaeT-8: 55 55 55 a) inD2O withMn ; b) inH2O withMn ; c) inD2O withoutMn Studying of a transmutation of light and intermediate isotopes in growing microbiological culture by laser time-of-flight mass spectrometer a) NM/10 0 Natural Fe Fe54 Fe56 Fe57 Mn55+=d2Fe57 »6% »92% »2% 2 b) Natural Mn NM/100 Mn55 1 3 6 7 c) Culture grown 4 5 NM in D 2O Fe54 Fe56 Fe57 without Mn Laser time-of-flight mass-spectrometer d) Culture grown NM Fe57 in D 2O with 54 56 Fe Fe Mn 93 94 95 96 97 t, ms 54 55 56 57 A Transmutationof intermediate isotopes (sodium,phosphorus,iron) inmicrobiologicalcultureswas investigated in reaction Na23+=P31Fe54 Components Concentration Admixture of Fe (no Admixture of Fe (no inmedium(%) more) relative (%) more) absolute (g) Sucrose 2 10-4 2.10-4 -4 -5 MgSO4 0,05 2.10 10 -4 -5 CaCO3 0,2 1,5.10 3.10 KCl 0,05 3.10-4 1,5.10-5 -4 -4 NaNO3 0,5 2.10 10 -4 -4 K2HPO4 (experementon transmutation) 0,2 5.10 10 -7 -5 Pure water H4O 100 (100 мл) 10 10 Initial microbiological culture Theexperimental schemeontransmutation Growing in sugar- Growing in sugar-salt Pure natural iron andspectrometryof salt media without media with K2HPO4 (basic experiment) K HPO (control (experiments on isotopes with 2 4 experiments) transmutation) middlerangeatomic numbers in microbiologicalculture Combined analysis in time-of-flight laser-mass spectrometer Escherichia coli 54 56 54 56 Fe Fe Fe Fe a b c Fe54 Fe56 Fe54 Fe56 Fe54 Fe56 Photographs from the screen of the oscillograph with a memory, representing the mass specter in the area of isotopes of iron. The upper graphs show the basic (benchmark) experiment for pure natural iron; the lower graphs show the mass specter of grown microbiological culture. a) controlling experiment (culture grown in a medium without isotope P31), b) and c) — different transmutation experiments (culture grown in a medium in the presence of P31 and Na23 DDN(Fe54)N()Fe54 TherateofNa23+P31=Fe548reaction l=»»10- N(Mn23)DDtN()Pt31 synthesized Fe54 nuclei per s and per single Na23 and P31 isotopes There are two main reasons of low effectiveness of nuclear transmutation in "one-line" microbiological cultures: a)The relatively low efficiency of these reactions is the result of the relative narrow interval of optimal functional individual characteristics for supporting of nuclear activity in any "one-line" type of culture.
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