On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:
This is exactly why a special nickel alloy, and not pure nickel, could be > used by Rossi: one that sucks up hydrogen like a sponge - to wit: LaNi5. > This is an amazing alloy which we have mentioned before. Just wanted to tie this thread to the one that Robin and I have been discussing -- lanthanum hexaboride is a thermionic emitter [1]. When you heat it up, its work function causes it to emit electrons (beta particles). I'm going to hazard a guess that Rossi's "catalyst" is a thermionic emitter of some kind. Eric [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_cathode
