I looked into the diffusion of tritium from reactor pipes and discovered that oxygen, carbon, moly, and silicon can slow hydrogen diffusion by 20 orders of magnitude. You might wonder why all of these elements were present in the fuel load. Rossi is very cleaver.
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> >> Sorry – but this reactor is made of alumina – which is a proton >> conductor. Beta alumina is among the best proton conducting ceramics but >> you would never use any form of alumina if you wanted to retain a supply of >> hydrogen after startup. >> > > Please see the section "Diffusion Barrier to Oxygen and Hydrogen" from > this link, shared earlier on Vortex (sorry, I forget who shared it): > > http://www.azom.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=3560 > > From the article: > > The alpha-Al2O3 oxide structure, once formed, serves as a nearly perfect >> diffusion barrier for oxygen and hydrogen. > > > I'm guessing the fact that alumina can be made a near perfect barrier to > the diffusion of hydrogen is one of the reasons it was chosen (another is > that it appears to be refractory). It would seem to be premature to assume > that hydrogen quickly escapes. > > Eric > >
