The value of rocks on Earth

The value of rocks on Earth

Number 1 through 10 in terms of weight;


Oxygen 46.60 1342.08 $ 3.00 $ 4,026.24
Silicon 27.72 798.34 $ 54.00 $ 43,110.14
Aluminu 8.13 234.14 $157.20 $ 36,807.44
Iron 5.00 144.00 $ 72.00 $ 10,368.00
Calcium 3.63 104.54 $200.00 $ 20,908.80
Sodium 2.82 81.22 $250.00 $ 20,304.00
Potassi 2.59 74.59 $1,000. $ 74,592.00
Magnesi 2.09 60.19 $ 37.00 $ 2,227.10
Titaniu 0.44 12.67 $6,610 $ 83,761.92
Hydroge 0.14 4.03 $120.00 $ 483.84

99.16 2855.8 Sub-Ttl $296,589.48

Number 11 through 25 in terms of weight;

Element Wgt Pct kg/m3 $/kg (pure) Value

Phospho 0.118 3.40 $300.00 $ 1,019.52
Mangane 0.100 2.88 $ 65.00 $ 187.20
Sulfur 0.052 1.50 $500.00 $ 748.80
Carbon 0.032 0.92 $ 24.00 $ 22.12
Chlorin 0.031 0.89 $ 1.50 $ 1.34
Rubidiu 0.031 0.89 $12,000 $ 10,713.60
Fluorin 0.030 0.86 $1,900. $ 1,641.60
Stronti 0.030 0.86 $1,000. $ 864.00
Barium 0.025 0.72 $550.00 $ 396.00
Zirconi 0.022 0.63 $1,570. $ 994.75
Chromiu 0.020 0.58 $320.00 $ 184.32
Vanadiu 0.015 0.43 $2,200. $ 950.40
Zinc 0.013 0.37 $ 53.00 $ 19.84
Nickel 0.008 0.23 $ 77.00 $ 17.74
Copper 0.007 0.20 $ 97.60 $ 19.68

0.534 15.3792 Sub-Ttl $ 17,780.91

99.694 2871. Total $314,370.39

Aneutronic Jetter Cycle Fuels in Rock

Tungste 0.0069 0.19872 $110.00 $21.86
Lithium 0.0065 0.18720 $270.00 $50.54
Li-6 0.00049 0.01404 $270.00 $ 3.79
Li-6 D Li6D/m3 0.01872

Energy Value of Li-6 Deuteride & Tungsten(n,2n)

Li-6 D BOE 833.0 $50.00 $41,651.23 amount available
Li-6 D BOE 18.9 energy needed to vaporize rock
Li-6 D BOE 814.1 $50.00 $40,706.97 net amount

$3.79 worth of Lithium combined with $1.21 worth of Tungsten create $40,706.97 worth of energy while retaining enough energy to process an additional $314,370.39 worth of materials from rocks!

Use of Lithium-6 Deuteride Pellets in engines of various sizes and efficiencies;

200 micron diameter pellets of Li-6 Deuteride in engines

Engine... g/kN*s MJ/kN*s 274.23 P/sec hrs/kg kg/year

Ramjet... 127.00 5.84 1602.05 1155 47.1 186.2
J-58 M3.2 53.80 2.47 678.66 489 111.1 78.9
RR 593 M2 33.80 1.55 426.37 307 176.9 49.6
CF6-80 TF 17.10 0.79 215.71 156 349.6 25.1
GE CF6 TF 8.70 0.40 109.70 79 687.4 12.8

A 4,000 kg engine producing 275 kN of thrust requires 12.8 kg of pellets to operate a year.

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http://www.airteamimages.com/pics/198/198428_800.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ne_cutaway.jpg


A 10 cm diameter combustion chamber is replaced with a similarly sized detonation chamber for 200 micron diameter pulse units. These are detonated at a rate of 40 to 80 per second to produce 50% to 105% thrust.

On Monday, January 12, 2015 at 12:46:33 AM UTC-5, wrote:
The value of rocks on Earth

Number 1 through 10 in terms of weight;


Oxygen 46.60 1342.08 $ 3.00 $ 4,026.24
Silicon 27.72 798.34 $ 54.00 $ 43,110.14
Aluminu 8.13 234.14 $157.20 $ 36,807.44
Iron 5.00 144.00 $ 72.00 $ 10,368.00
Calcium 3.63 104.54 $200.00 $ 20,908.80
Sodium 2.82 81.22 $250.00 $ 20,304.00
Potassi 2.59 74.59 $1,000. $ 74,592.00
Magnesi 2.09 60.19 $ 37.00 $ 2,227.10
Titaniu 0.44 12.67 $6,610 $ 83,761.92
Hydroge 0.14 4.03 $120.00 $ 483.84

99.16 2855.8 Sub-Ttl $296,589.48

Number 11 through 25 in terms of weight;

Element Wgt Pct kg/m3 $/kg (pure) Value

Phospho 0.118 3.40 $300.00 $ 1,019.52
Mangane 0.100 2.88 $ 65.00 $ 187.20
Sulfur 0.052 1.50 $500.00 $ 748.80
Carbon 0.032 0.92 $ 24.00 $ 22.12
Chlorin 0.031 0.89 $ 1.50 $ 1.34
Rubidiu 0.031 0.89 $12,000 $ 10,713.60
Fluorin 0.030 0.86 $1,900. $ 1,641.60
Stronti 0.030 0.86 $1,000. $ 864.00
Barium 0.025 0.72 $550.00 $ 396.00
Zirconi 0.022 0.63 $1,570. $ 994.75
Chromiu 0.020 0.58 $320.00 $ 184.32
Vanadiu 0.015 0.43 $2,200. $ 950.40
Zinc 0.013 0.37 $ 53.00 $ 19.84
Nickel 0.008 0.23 $ 77.00 $ 17.74
Copper 0.007 0.20 $ 97.60 $ 19.68

0.534 15.3792 Sub-Ttl $ 17,780.91

99.694 2871. Total $314,370.39

Aneutronic Jetter Cycle Fuels in Rock

Tungste 0.0069 0.19872 $110.00 $21.86
Lithium 0.0065 0.18720 $270.00 $50.54
Li-6 0.00049 0.01404 $270.00 $ 3.79
Li-6 D Li6D/m3 0.01872

Energy Value of Li-6 Deuteride & Tungsten(n,2n)

Li-6 D BOE 833.0 $50.00 $41,651.23 amount available
Li-6 D BOE 18.9 energy needed to vaporize rock
Li-6 D BOE 814.1 $50.00 $40,706.97 net amount

$3.79 worth of Lithium combined with $1.21 worth of Tungsten create $40,706.97 worth of energy while retaining enough energy to process an additional $314,370.39 worth of materials from rocks!

Use of Lithium-6 Deuteride Pellets in engines of various sizes and efficiencies;

200 micron diameter pellets of Li-6 Deuteride in engines

Engine... g/kN*s MJ/kN*s 274.23 P/sec hrs/kg kg/year

Ramjet... 127.00 5.84 1602.05 1155 47.1 186.2
J-58 M3.2 53.80 2.47 678.66 489 111.1 78.9
RR 593 M2 33.80 1.55 426.37 307 176.9 49.6
CF6-80 TF 17.10 0.79 215.71 156 349.6 25.1
GE CF6 TF 8.70 0.40 109.70 79 687.4 12.8

A 4,000 kg engine producing 275 kN of thrust requires 12.8 kg of pellets to operate a year.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...has_in_Air.png

http://www.airteamimages.com/pics/198/198428_800.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ne_cutaway.jpg


A 10 cm diameter combustion chamber is replaced with a similarly sized detonation chamber for 200 micron diameter pulse units. These are detonated at a rate of 40 to 80 per second to produce 50% to 105% thrust.

The J-58 M3.2 engine:

"Lockheed would test the dual-mode ramjet in a flight research vehicle, and try to find solutions to issues like engine packaging and designing the thermal management system, Bartolotta says."

"We're doing this at a lower Mach number so we need to figure out what are the issues for cocooning the turbine, what do we need to do to reignite that turbine once we come down from hypersonic speeds," Bartolotta says.

It would seem, that if you're using pellets, IMO the whole idea breaks down when concerning temperature control near the outlet. Can you bring an Li6D pellet into a combustion chamber through a supercooled, albeit superconducting, magnetohydrodynamically cooled tube?

Although I agree with your numbers, they all seem to prescribe 200 micron diameter pellets for the various engines you have listed.

My question to you is, WHY is the Air Force (among others) looking for such a SMALL lifting capacity?

On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 9:46:33 PM UTC-8, wrote:
The value of rocks on Earth

Number 1 through 10 in terms of weight;


Oxygen 46.60 1342.08 $ 3.00 $ 4,026.24
Silicon 27.72 798.34 $ 54.00 $ 43,110.14
Aluminu 8.13 234.14 $157.20 $ 36,807.44
Iron 5.00 144.00 $ 72.00 $ 10,368.00
Calcium 3.63 104.54 $200.00 $ 20,908.80
Sodium 2.82 81.22 $250.00 $ 20,304.00
Potassi 2.59 74.59 $1,000. $ 74,592.00
Magnesi 2.09 60.19 $ 37.00 $ 2,227.10
Titaniu 0.44 12.67 $6,610 $ 83,761.92
Hydroge 0.14 4.03 $120.00 $ 483.84

99.16 2855.8 Sub-Ttl $296,589.48

Number 11 through 25 in terms of weight;

Element Wgt Pct kg/m3 $/kg (pure) Value

Phospho 0.118 3.40 $300.00 $ 1,019.52
Mangane 0.100 2.88 $ 65.00 $ 187.20
Sulfur 0.052 1.50 $500.00 $ 748.80
Carbon 0.032 0.92 $ 24.00 $ 22.12
Chlorin 0.031 0.89 $ 1.50 $ 1.34
Rubidiu 0.031 0.89 $12,000 $ 10,713.60
Fluorin 0.030 0.86 $1,900. $ 1,641.60
Stronti 0.030 0.86 $1,000. $ 864.00
Barium 0.025 0.72 $550.00 $ 396.00
Zirconi 0.022 0.63 $1,570. $ 994.75
Chromiu 0.020 0.58 $320.00 $ 184.32
Vanadiu 0.015 0.43 $2,200. $ 950.40
Zinc 0.013 0.37 $ 53.00 $ 19.84
Nickel 0.008 0.23 $ 77.00 $ 17.74
Copper 0.007 0.20 $ 97.60 $ 19.68

0.534 15.3792 Sub-Ttl $ 17,780.91

99.694 2871. Total $314,370.39

Aneutronic Jetter Cycle Fuels in Rock

Tungste 0.0069 0.19872 $110.00 $21.86
Lithium 0.0065 0.18720 $270.00 $50.54
Li-6 0.00049 0.01404 $270.00 $ 3.79
Li-6 D Li6D/m3 0.01872

Energy Value of Li-6 Deuteride & Tungsten(n,2n)

Li-6 D BOE 833.0 $50.00 $41,651.23 amount available
Li-6 D BOE 18.9 energy needed to vaporize rock
Li-6 D BOE 814.1 $50.00 $40,706.97 net amount

$3.79 worth of Lithium combined with $1.21 worth of Tungsten create $40,706.97 worth of energy while retaining enough energy to process an additional $314,370.39 worth of materials from rocks!

Use of Lithium-6 Deuteride Pellets in engines of various sizes and efficiencies;

200 micron diameter pellets of Li-6 Deuteride in engines

Engine... g/kN*s MJ/kN*s 274.23 P/sec hrs/kg kg/year

Ramjet... 127.00 5.84 1602.05 1155 47.1 186.2
J-58 M3.2 53.80 2.47 678.66 489 111.1 78.9
RR 593 M2 33.80 1.55 426.37 307 176.9 49.6
CF6-80 TF 17.10 0.79 215.71 156 349.6 25.1
GE CF6 TF 8.70 0.40 109.70 79 687.4 12.8

A 4,000 kg engine producing 275 kN of thrust requires 12.8 kg of pellets to operate a year.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...has_in_Air.png

http://www.airteamimages.com/pics/198/198428_800.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ne_cutaway.jpg


A 10 cm diameter combustion chamber is replaced with a similarly sized detonation chamber for 200 micron diameter pulse units. These are detonated at a rate of 40 to 80 per second to produce 50% to 105% thrust.

What is that stone they call "The Eye of India" worth? Diamonds may be a girls best friend ,but I'll take rubies. TreBert

On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 9:46:33 PM UTC-8, wrote:
The value of rocks on Earth

Number 1 through 10 in terms of weight;


Oxygen 46.60 1342.08 $ 3.00 $ 4,026.24
Silicon 27.72 798.34 $ 54.00 $ 43,110.14
Aluminu 8.13 234.14 $157.20 $ 36,807.44
Iron 5.00 144.00 $ 72.00 $ 10,368.00
Calcium 3.63 104.54 $200.00 $ 20,908.80
Sodium 2.82 81.22 $250.00 $ 20,304.00
Potassi 2.59 74.59 $1,000. $ 74,592.00
Magnesi 2.09 60.19 $ 37.00 $ 2,227.10
Titaniu 0.44 12.67 $6,610 $ 83,761.92
Hydroge 0.14 4.03 $120.00 $ 483.84

99.16 2855.8 Sub-Ttl $296,589.48

Number 11 through 25 in terms of weight;

Element Wgt Pct kg/m3 $/kg (pure) Value

Phospho 0.118 3.40 $300.00 $ 1,019.52
Mangane 0.100 2.88 $ 65.00 $ 187.20
Sulfur 0.052 1.50 $500.00 $ 748.80
Carbon 0.032 0.92 $ 24.00 $ 22.12
Chlorin 0.031 0.89 $ 1.50 $ 1.34
Rubidiu 0.031 0.89 $12,000 $ 10,713.60
Fluorin 0.030 0.86 $1,900. $ 1,641.60
Stronti 0.030 0.86 $1,000. $ 864.00
Barium 0.025 0.72 $550.00 $ 396.00
Zirconi 0.022 0.63 $1,570. $ 994.75
Chromiu 0.020 0.58 $320.00 $ 184.32
Vanadiu 0.015 0.43 $2,200. $ 950.40
Zinc 0.013 0.37 $ 53.00 $ 19.84
Nickel 0.008 0.23 $ 77.00 $ 17.74
Copper 0.007 0.20 $ 97.60 $ 19.68

0.534 15.3792 Sub-Ttl $ 17,780.91

99.694 2871. Total $314,370.39

Aneutronic Jetter Cycle Fuels in Rock

Tungste 0.0069 0.19872 $110.00 $21.86
Lithium 0.0065 0.18720 $270.00 $50.54
Li-6 0.00049 0.01404 $270.00 $ 3.79
Li-6 D Li6D/m3 0.01872

Energy Value of Li-6 Deuteride & Tungsten(n,2n)

Li-6 D BOE 833.0 $50.00 $41,651.23 amount available
Li-6 D BOE 18.9 energy needed to vaporize rock
Li-6 D BOE 814.1 $50.00 $40,706.97 net amount

$3.79 worth of Lithium combined with $1.21 worth of Tungsten create $40,706.97 worth of energy while retaining enough energy to process an additional $314,370.39 worth of materials from rocks!

Use of Lithium-6 Deuteride Pellets in engines of various sizes and efficiencies;

200 micron diameter pellets of Li-6 Deuteride in engines

Engine... g/kN*s MJ/kN*s 274.23 P/sec hrs/kg kg/year

Ramjet... 127.00 5.84 1602.05 1155 47.1 186.2
J-58 M3.2 53.80 2.47 678.66 489 111.1 78.9
RR 593 M2 33.80 1.55 426.37 307 176.9 49.6
CF6-80 TF 17.10 0.79 215.71 156 349.6 25.1
GE CF6 TF 8.70 0.40 109.70 79 687.4 12.8

A 4,000 kg engine producing 275 kN of thrust requires 12.8 kg of pellets to operate a year.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...has_in_Air.png

http://www.airteamimages.com/pics/198/198428_800.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ne_cutaway.jpg


A 10 cm diameter combustion chamber is replaced with a similarly sized detonation chamber for 200 micron diameter pulse units. These are detonated at a rate of 40 to 80 per second to produce 50% to 105% thrust.

A form of microbe eats and lives only on rocks. Some on land and some 5 miles under water. TreBert