Re: [Vo]:Superelastic metals LENR cathode material prospects?

2009-05-29 Thread mixent
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 29 May 2009 01:43:54 -0800: Hi, [snip] Superelastic metals, like CuSn, InTi, TiNi, and MnCu, may be LENR cathode prospects because they have a resistance to cracking, as well as the possible ability to reconstitute after degassing.

Re: [Vo]:Superelastic metals LENR cathode material prospects?

2009-05-29 Thread mixent
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 29 May 2009 01:43:54 -0800: Hi, Sorry about previous email, clicked on the wrong button. [snip] Unfortunately, Nitinol is subject to hydrogen embrittlement. Here is an interesting solution: http://www.finishing.com/381/17.shtml It was found some

Re: [Vo]:Superelastic metals LENR cathode material prospects?

2009-05-29 Thread grok
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The best diffusion rate is likely obtained using a thin film, which coincidentally is exactly what was found at Roswell. It wasn't _that_ thin, apparently. It was supposedly the _skin_ of the super-light object, no..? - -- grok. - --

Re: [Vo]:Superelastic metals LENR cathode material prospects?

2009-05-29 Thread Horace Heffner
On May 29, 2009, at 3:14 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 29 May 2009 01:43:54 -0800: Hi, Sorry about previous email, clicked on the wrong button. [snip] Unfortunately, Nitinol is subject to hydrogen embrittlement. Here is an interesting

Re: [Vo]:Superelastic metals LENR cathode material prospects?

2009-05-29 Thread Horace Heffner
On May 29, 2009, at 4:08 PM, grok wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The best diffusion rate is likely obtained using a thin film, which coincidentally is exactly what was found at Roswell. It wasn't _that_ thin, apparently. It was supposedly the _skin_ of the

Re: [Vo]:Superelastic metals LENR cathode material prospects?

2009-05-29 Thread mixent
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 29 May 2009 19:18:11 -0800: Hi, [snip] Unfortunately, Nitinol is subject to hydrogen embrittlement. Here is an interesting solution: http://www.finishing.com/381/17.shtml It was found some years ago that hydrogen embrittlement could be