The boiling point for Li in side a nano particle may occur at a different
temperature than 1342 C. The local electric and magnetic conditions may
make a big difference in how tight the Li is bound to the Al.
Bob
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Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 7:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Mills critical critiques on LENR: "a mixture of nickel and
lithium aluminum hydride"
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:06:31 -0800:
Hi,
[snip]
First, we can note that after the hydrogen is released from LiAlH4, the
lithium remains alloyed to aluminum, since there is no intrinsic mechanism
to separate the metals below the Li boiling point of 1342 °C which is
closely approached, and this is notably where maximum COP occurs for
Parkhomov. In an alloy, lithium atoms near the boiling point would react
differently than as an element. "Near-phase-change" could be the key to the
exotherm and to promoting double ionization of Li.
According to wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_hydride) a less
common
method of the preparation of LiH is by heating LiAlH4 (200 ºC).
Furthermore: "Thus removal of H2 requires high temperatures, well above the
700
°C used for its synthesis".
...so it would seem that at 1300 ºC it ought to decompose readily enough.
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
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