I wrote:
> I assume heat after death is sustained by hydrogen or deuterium outgassing > from a hydride, and reacting near the surface. The heat only lasts as long > as it takes outgas. That's Ed Storms' hypothesis. It is surprising that it > took 3 days to outgas from nickel, because it does not hold much gas. > Jean-Paul Biberian told me this is sintered nickel with small crystals. He has seen this kind of material load up to 50% with gas loading. So it holds a lot more hydrogen than I realized. - Jed
