Accession Number:

ADA056906

Title:

Energy Development from Elemental Transmutations in Biological Systems

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Dec 1977-Apr 1978

Corporate Author:

ARMY MOBILITY EQUIPMENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND FORT BELVOIR VA

Personal Author(s):

• Goldfein, S.

Report Date:

1978-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

27.0

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.

Descriptors:

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

Subject Categories:

• Biology
• Inorganic Chemistry

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE