“There is however a whole range of stainless steels with varying magnetic properties. Perhaps one can be found to suit?”
This is true. Austenitic stainless steels like 304 used by Piantelli and 316L used by Rossi are non-magnetic. Magnetic force lines will pass through this type of stainless steel unaffected. For example, the frequency generator (FG) mounted on the outside of the 316L reaction vessel array in the 1 megawatt big cat reactor will penetrate into the interior of the Rossi reaction vessel without any modification or attenuation. The magnetic field originating in the FG may produce additional Rydberg atoms in the hydrogen envelop and leave the nickel micro-powder unaffected since above its Curie temperature of 355 °C, bulk nickel is non-magnetic. If the FG was activated at startup when the nickel was cold, no quantum mechanical coherence would develop in the nickel and the Rossi reaction would fail to light off. This is why the FG is initiated when the reactor has stabilized once constant operating temperature is reached. The SS polycrystalline nano-structure that I think is needed in the catalytic micro-powder may be provided by cold pressing SS nano-powder of various crystal configurations. This requirement is an exercise in nano-engineering and it should be possible to meet it someday. Best Regards: Axil 2012/1/15 <mix...@bigpond.com> > In reply to Axil Axil's message of Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:14:05 -0500: > Hi Axil, > [snip] > >Thanks Robin for responding… > > > >My theory of operations regarding the Rossi powder requires that the > >metal(s) must be paramagnetic at the operating temperature of the reactor. > > > >This comes from Dr. Kim who states that the powder be weakly reactive > >magnetically to form a coherent proton based Bose-Einstein condensate as > >follows… > > > >http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2746057/posts: > > > >“*The generalized BECNF theory [4] can be applied to the case of > >hydrogen-nickel fusion reactions observed in Rossi?s device (the energy > >catalyzer) [5] under the following two conditions: (1) additives used (not > >disclosed in the patent application) form Ni alloy and/or Ni metal/alloy > >oxide in the surface regions of nickel nano-scale particles, so that Ni > >atoms/nuclei become mobile with a sufficiently large diffusion coefficient > >and (2) local magnetic field is very weak in the surface regions, > providing > >a suitable environment in which two neighboring protons can couple their > >spins anti-parallel to form spin-zero singlet state (S=0). Relatively low > >Curie temperature (nickel has the Curie temperature of 631 * > >*oK (~358 oC)) is expected to help to maintain the weak magnetic field in > >the surface regions. If Rossi?s device is operated at temperatures greater > >than the Curie temperature ~ 358 oC and with hydrogen pressures of up to ~ > >22 bars, the conditions (1) and (2) may have been achieved in Rossi's > >device."* > >** > >The nickel recrystallization temperature of 600C is probably enhanced by > >the nano structure of the powder but 600C provides a good rule of thumb > >recrystallization temperature for nickel. > > > > > >The working range of the paramagnetic nickel powder is therefore 358C to > >600C, > >Iron does not have a similar working range because its curie point is > about > >750C and this is way above the recrystallization temperature of 400C. IOW, > >Iron has a negative working temperature range making it nonfunctional > >magnetically and therefore cannot be used as as a component material for > >the Rossi powder. > > There is however a whole range of stainless steals with varying magnetic > properties. Perhaps one can be found to suit? > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
