Where does the Vort consensus stand on the bulk powder vs the interface layer to the reactor walls? For a long time I thought the heated powder just sat in the reactor while pressurized hydrogen permeated the geometry of the powder to produce anomalous heat. It wasn't till I understood the design of the MAHG where the nickel was sputtered into a thin surface on the inside of the reactor walls [no bulk powder] and later mention of surface coating by Rossi and more recently Brian Ahern that the importance of this interface occurred to me. Obviously it transfers the heat to the coolant fluid and should provide the fastest response to hot spots in the Ni coating on the inner reactor wall surface. Is there a mutually beneficial relationship between these coatings and the bulk powder? I do recall the thread about there being a possible critical volume of powder but not on how this relates to the coated interface.
