DGT's ICCF17 paper suggests that enrichment is not needed: "We realized also that Ni58, Ni60, Ni62and Ni64 stable isotopes where “willing” to participate in a LENR reaction, whilst Ni61 was not. So there was no need for any costly enrichment method."
Ni58 is 68% of the natural metal while Ni60 is 26% of the natural metal. On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > ** ** > > *From:* Alain Sepeda** > > The article makes the buzz worldwide, as if there was many > lurkers entrenched and waiting for real news (would be rational). there > is already people prepared to oil the revolution...**** > > ** ** > > Speaking of “oil” - when you think about the big picture and look for the > potential bottlenecks which are foreseeable, based upon what is in the > public record – one is becoming obvious: enriching nickel in the rare > isotope nickel-62 which is less than 4% of the natural metal. The other is > what to do with Big Oil … to minimize obstruction.**** > > ** ** > > BTW - the way Rossi’s patent is worded, only Ni-62 is protected. This > points to the need for a National effort for optimized enrichment of the > isotope, if it will really replace oil.**** > > ** ** > > For gas centrifuge enrichment, nickel is known to form one gaseous > molecule, which is fluoride based, so that is no problem given the > similarity to present mature processes for U-235. In fact, there is every > likelihood that the same plants which enrich Uranium can be converted for > nickel enrichment. **** > > ** ** > > If the access to the gas centrifuge process is going to be required for > this kind of device to succeed– then this will be a major political issue > in the end. This is problematic, since control of politics usually get back > to wealth, and wealth gets back to Oil. **** > > ** ** > > The candidate who wishes to become the next in line after Obama would be > wise to get on this bandwagon at an early stage. However, that candidate > will probably have to stand up against Big Oil, early-on - since any > expedited effort to get LENR into production will hurt that industry > eventually but may depend on access to ultracentrifuge plants.**** > > ** ** > > May you live in interesting times… **** > > ** ** > > …that is going to be our collective curse, or opportunity …depending on a > few political decisions soon to be on the horizon.**** > > ** ** > > Jones**** >
