At 2:59 PM 11/27/4, Frederick Sparber wrote: >I would certainly hope that CF/OU reactions across/at an interface (Double >Layer) violates the 2nd law.
But that is the issue at hand ... is the interface an essential part of LENR or only there because of the choice of electrolysis as the means of loading the cathode. Also, a sacrificial anode may avoid the use of batteries to drive portable electrolysis, but may also mess up the cathode surface with deposits. This is why platinum is normally used for an anode - because it is a metal not tending to disslove when used as an anode. Another perspective on this might be the use of a sacrificial anode to perpetually seal D2 into a cathode once it is loaded. It would have the dual roles of depositing a sealing metal plus maintaining a bias, and thus would need to have only a nominal drain on the anode. The anode of choice would then produce slightly less than but almost exactly the potential required to evolve hydrogen. Regards, Horace Heffner
