On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 5:02 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rossi believes the temperature at the core is 1500°C. As I mentioned here, > Ed thinks that is impossible because it is above the melting point of > nickel. I think Rossi is operating near the edge of a runaway reaction. He uses the resistive heating device to ensure runaway does not happen. If he tried to self-sustain, he gets runaway. With the added 400 W of resistive heating, he can operate the cell just below the runaway temperature. This is why he mysteriously says that it will self-sustain; but, he does not do it. Or not. T
