It wasn’t mentioned, but recently Rossi has been claiming to see anomalous heat
from nickel - at higher temperature than the melting point of nickel – say in
the range of 1500 C.
If this is found to be true, then it could be evidence of superatomic nickel,
which has the formula of Ni2O2 – as opposed to NiO or NiO2. Rossi may have
formed superatomic nickel inadvertently, since he does not mention that this
was deliberate. In fact he doesn’t mention superatomic at all. Nickel powder is
known to oxidize in contact with alumina, so in addition to some of it melting
at 1500C, some of it would oxidize. The superatom thus could from in situ.
The reason for the superatom formula being Ni2O2 instead of NiO is in the Wiki
entry. And it is worth noting that the normal oxide of nickel has a melting
point which is a whopping 500 degrees C higher than the metal, so this fits the
circumstances. BTW – the Russians are laying claim to the nickel superatom, as
well (not sure if Peter mentioned this):
http://www.ibtimes.com.au/russian-scientists-discover-new-kind-superatomic-nickel-1450987
I cannot find a reference for the m.p. of the nickel superatom, but it is
probably in the range of 2000C like the other oxides – so yes, Rossi could be
right for the wrong reason… in that he thinks the catalyst is still only nickel
which has melted - when instead the active part is the nickel superatom Ni2O2
which by the way, mimics hafnium.
Hafnium has been called a “supercatalyst” but is toxic and extremely expensive.
It is mentioned in several LENR patents including that of the German mystery
company PURRATIO AG.
From: Axil Axil
Why do these compounds work as a LENR catalysts?
http://www.pnnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=803
Superatoms are clusters of atoms that mimic elements through isoelectric
configurations of their valence electrons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superatom
Element replacements
Titanium monoxide (TiO) = nickel
Zirconium oxide (ZrO) = palladium
Tungsten carbide(WC) = Platinum
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Peter Gluck peter.gl...@gmail.com wrote:
Week starts, things happen or become known- the rest is communication.
This is it:
http://egooutpeters.blogspot.ro/2015/08/just-aa-burning-question-and-some-info.html
Peter
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Dr. Peter Gluck
Cluj, Romania
http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com