Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-10-11 Thread Roarty, Francis X
: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks... Not for the first time, with amazing generosity, DGT has provided us with a picture of a 5 micron nanowire coated micro-particle in their ICCF-18 presentation that they have originally engineered base on suggested information derived from Rossi's

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-24 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: This is exactly why a special nickel alloy, and not pure nickel, could be used by Rossi: one that sucks up hydrogen like a sponge - to wit: LaNi5. This is an amazing alloy which we have mentioned before. Just wanted to

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-24 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: Just wanted to tie this thread to the one that Robin and I have been discussing -- lanthanum hexaboride is a thermionic emitter [1]. Axil has also been part of that thread, and he was the one who inspired the idea of a thermionic emitter from a comment here [1]. Eric [1]

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-24 Thread Alain Sepeda
about mining few fact I caught. first from many articles I read, we don't have enough rare earth today for energetic transition with wind turbines. noit enough for lithium batteries... and both are awfully more polluting than oil. not sure it is less than coal, but coal is so awful soot, co2,

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-24 Thread Axil Axil
The LENR catalyst is one of a number of metals of their compounds with a low melting point. Their function is to produce nanoparticles of a vide variation of sizes from its plasma when the metal compound is cooled to below its vaporization point. This plasma nanoparticle condensation may be

[Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Bob Higgins
Recently, Peter published in his blog his reasons for hoping that the NAE aren’t cracks. After considering it, I believe he misses the uniqueness, durability, and beauty of the cracks that are being considered. To the uniqueness point… Consider that a crack is different than just two

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Edmund Storms
Thanks Bob. Finally someone understands and is using my theory. Ed On Aug 23, 2013, at 8:05 AM, Bob Higgins wrote: Recently, Peter published in his blog his reasons for hoping that the NAE aren’t cracks. After considering it, I believe he misses the uniqueness, durability, and beauty of the

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Peter Gluck
Dear Bob, Thank you for the idea of cracks' aesthetics! I know it well, I think you have remarked the second Motto by Leonard Cohen based on this idea.. It happens that very early in my professional career I learned about the beauty and variety of cracks -when working at the Civil Engineering

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Edmund Storms
On Aug 23, 2013, at 9:03 AM, Peter Gluck wrote: Dear Bob, Thank you for the idea of cracks' aesthetics! I know it well, I think you have remarked the second Motto by Leonard Cohen based on this idea.. It happens that very early in my professional career I learned about the beauty and

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Peter Gluck
Dear Ed. I would ask you to not think in my place, I really don't like it.It is typical for dictatures and I had enough from it starting with :Der Fuhrer denkt fur uns alle and ending with Ceausescu's omniscience. I have the right to think independently. Citing you: *you are assuming that D+Pd

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Edmund Storms
Peter, I'm simply telling you what your comments mean to me. I'm not thinking in your place. If I have gotten the wrong understanding from what you have written, than you are free to tell me and to correct your writings so that other people do not also get the wrong impression, which is

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Peter Gluck
It is possible that I have a great contribution to the misunderstndings. If you indeed agree with the non-uniformity of yje internal part of the cracks: *I do not think a crack is equally active along its length.* * * perhaps this can be included in your model. Success! Peter On Fri, Aug 23,

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Axil Axil
Not for the first time, with amazing generosity, DGT has provided us with a picture of a 5 micron nanowire coated micro-particle in their ICCF-18 presentation that they have originally engineered base on suggested information derived from Rossi’s revelations. There must be a million nanowires

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Bob Higgins
The carbony Ni particles used by DGT, as was shown in Kim's presentation, have NO nanowires at all. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: Not for the first time, with amazing generosity, DGT has provided us with a picture of a 5 micron nanowire coated

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Axil Axil
Are you looking at slide 3, fabrication of fuels and reaction cells? the box of interest starts with the following... Modified Ni Crystal powders The 5 micron particle is pictured on that page. Can you see it now... On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:58 PM, Bob Higgins

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Bob Higgins
Yes. What is shown is a carbonyl Ni particle. It has no nanowires. It does have points, but no nanowires. Nanowires would not be visible at the scale of that micrograph. On Aug 23, 2013 2:29 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: Are you looking at slide 3, fabrication of fuels and reaction

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Axil Axil
DGT has never mentioned the use of carbonyl. There powder is pure nickel. The surface of the particles are processed with a proprietary process to resurface the particle with a Rutile structure. Please show me a reference to the use of carbonyl in this process. In fact, the use of carbonyl is

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Bob Higgins
The micrograph is of carbonyl Ni. Look it up. For example, Hunter Chemical AH50. Also, Vale T255. It is the same as what is shown in Kim's slides. Carbonyl is the process - the particles are pure Ni. On Aug 23, 2013 3:25 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: DGT has never mentioned the

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Teslaalset
Carbonyl Nickel is Nickel produced from Nickel Carbonyl. Producing Nickel this way, the Nickel forms 'pointy' or 'spiky' grains. Regarding FeO3 used as a 'wedge' to open and keep open nano cracks in Nickel: What about the fact that Nickel is expanding as soon as it forms NickelHydride. Would that

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Axil Axil
Thanks, I stand corrected. I see what you mean. They must remove the carbon with oxygen and then the oxygen with hydrogen starting from the commercial powder.. The presence of carbon will distort (increase) the curie temperature of the powder. Therefore, Carbon must be removed. On Fri, Aug 23,

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Axil Axil
Re: TABLE II XRF ANALYSIS OF NAE5 (BEFORE A TEST RUN) TEST ID: 07/18/12 #25 From the composition of the powder from the ICCF-17 DGT paper, no carbon is present. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:44 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, I stand corrected. I see what you mean. They must

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Axil Axil
I might be wrong. The are a large amount of light elements present. You may be totally correct.: On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: Re: TABLE II XRF ANALYSIS OF NAE5 (BEFORE A TEST RUN) TEST ID: 07/18/12 #25 From the composition of the powder from the

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Teslaalset
Proces to produce nickel from Nickel Carbonyl: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mond_process On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:54 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: I might be wrong. The are a large amount of light elements present. You may be totally correct.: On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:48

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Teslaalset
Nickel Hydride High pressure phases[edit sourcehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nickel_hydrideaction=editsection=2 | editbetahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickel_hydride?veaction=editvesection=2 ] A true crystallographically distinct phase of nickel hydride can be produced with high

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Bob Higgins
I was really surprised to hear at ICCF that it takes something like 4000 bar to load a Ni lattice with neutral hydrons. I may have remembered the actual number wrong, but it was a lot. I suppose that if Ni were loaded using smaller hydron ions, they could create a lot of internal stress. I am

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Edmund Storms
Bob, the entire particle of Ni is not loaded, which is impossible. Only the treated surface is loaded where the cracks are formed. The surface is not pure not Ni and the crystal structure shows. Ed On Aug 23, 2013, at 2:07 PM, Bob Higgins wrote: I was really surprised to hear at ICCF that

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Axil Axil
Be it as it may, Dgt should remove as many impurities from the surface treatment of the nickel particles as they can to increase the electrical conductivity of the processed surface of the particles. On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: I might be wrong. The are

RE: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Jones Beene
From: Edmund Storms Bob, the entire particle of Ni is not loaded, which is impossible. Only the treated surface is loaded where the cracks are formed. The surface is not pure not Ni and the crystal structure shows. This is exactly why a special nickel alloy, and not pure nickel, could

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread James Bowery
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RE: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread Jones Beene
From: James Bowery If the LaNi5 E-Cat theory were true, one would expect there to be hoardingof the metal by E-Cat insiders since it will be limiting on world energy supply and those holding physical La would profit enormously once the dependency is announced. Well LaNi5 is short of being

Re: [Vo]:In defense of cracks...

2013-08-23 Thread James Bowery
Doing the arithmetic, Lanthanum isn't that limiting. Current world Lanthanum reserves are around 6 million tonnes. Let's say you can get 1kW/cm^3 out of LaNi5 at a density of 8.2g/cm^3 and La mass fraction of 31% (139/(139+5*62)): .31*8.2g/cm^3;1kW/cm^3;6Mtonne?W ([{0.31 * (8.2 * gramm)} /