Accession Number : ADA056906

Title :   Energy Development from Elemental Transmutations in Biological Systems.

Descriptive Note : Final rept. Dec 77-Apr 78,

Corporate Author : ARMY MOBILITY EQUIPMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND FORT BELVOIR VA

Personal Author(s) : Goldfein,S.

Report Date : MAY 1978

Pagination or Media Count : 24

Abstract : The purpose of the study was to determine whether recent disclosures of elemental transmutations occurring in biological entities have revealed new possible sources of energy. The works of Kervran, Komaki, and others were surveyed; and it was concluded that, granted the existence of such transmutations (Na to Mg, K to Ca, and Mn to Fe), then a net surplus of energy was also produced. A proposed mechanism was described in which Mg adenosine triphosphate, located in the mitochondrion of the cell, played a double role as an energy producer. In addition to the widely accepted biochemical role of MgATP in which it produces energy as it disintegrates part by part, MgATP can also be considered to be a cyclotron on a molecular scale. The MgATP when placed in layers one atop the other has all the attributes of a cyclotron in accordance with the requirements set forth by E. O. Lawrence, inventor of the cyclotron. It was concluded that elemental transmutations were indeed occurring in life organisms and were probably accompanied by a net energy gain. (Author)

Descriptors :   *TRANSFORMATIONS, *CHEMICAL ELEMENTS, MAGNESIUM, CALCIUM, MEMBRANES(BIOLOGY), SODIUM, ELECTRIC FIELDS, ENERGY TRANSFER, HYDROGEN, IRON, MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, CELLS(BIOLOGY), EXOTHERMIC REACTIONS, POTASSIUM, MANGANESE, ADENOSINE PHOSPHATES, BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS, MITOCHONDRIA.

Subject Categories : BIOLOGY
      INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE

Search DTIC's Public STINET for similiar documents.

Members of the public may purchase hardcopy documents from the National Technical Information Service.