@Chuck: Thanks for confirming the bending of the coin. @all: I am interested, not to replicated this experiment in the first place, but because I observe 2 things:
1) Bending a constantaan coin will cause cracks in the metal lattice. 2) Using borax, there is a fair chance that this will create a transparant layer on the coin. A patent of Celani , published in Feb 2011 describes a process to enhance Hydrogen absorbtion of nickel nano structures by performing 2 steps: a) oxidize the surface of nickel, b) dip it in a silicate solution and bake it. The silicate layer seems similar to the borax layer you might get on the coin in the 'Chuck experiment'. I've looked into the manufacturing of 'ordinary' Nickel nano powders. This is mostly done via an electrochemical process, causing good crystal structures in the metal lattices of the nano particles. Earlier last week, Rossi expressed that his catalyst is not a chemical one'. This suggests to me that the pre-processing of the nickel power could be something else: crunching it, to break the lattice structures in the particles. It's just a thought, no scientific arguments, I know. Link to the Celani patent: http://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2011016014&recNum=221&docAn=IB2010053585&queryString=(ET/nano)%20&maxRec=1293 On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:58 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com>wrote: > > I have been seeking a constant current through the nickel versus a >> constant power into the system since the resistance of the electrolyte is >> dominate. >> > > High resistivity is not necessarily an issue, per se. In the Pd/D > electrolysis experiments, as the palladium is loaded with deuterium, the > resistivity goes up. Often the target loading is 0.95 or higher, so it > seems likely that there is a lot of resistivity in a good run in > such experiments. > > I think a common belief is that it is the *flux* of deuterium that is > important in those experiments; whether the deuterium is entering the > substrate or leaving it does not matter. Assuming a parallel can be drawn > with Ni/H electrolysis, an AC current might not be undesirable in itself, > unless it somehow messes up some other important variable. > > Eric > >
