On Mon, 09 May 2011 12:04:30 -0700 Axil wrote No membrane is present. Rossi said that he does not use precious metals in his reactor.
Axil, Nickel may not qualify as a good membrane but that may change when nickel is in the form of nano powders. I am convinced that the process behind catalytic disassociation is the h2 covalent bond opposes change in Casimir geometry/vacuum energy density such that with little or no heat the h2 molecules can be disassociated. The resulting h1 then has an easier time absorbing into the lattice as a naked proton and free electron. Fran