More... We were all amazed that the fine nano surface features on the nickel particles could ever be preserved at reactor operating temperatures above the temperature that these nano features were expected to deteriorate.
But maybe these tubercles serve a function at relatively low temperatures, then as the reaction takes hold, the tubercles are mostly distorted and destroyed. But the function that these tubercles are meant to serve have been put in place and are independent once established and self reinforcing. On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 5:55 PM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > The Lagano test may have revealed to Rossi that the function of the nickel > micro-particles are transitory. These particles may only be required at > startup just to get the LENR reaction going without producing the BANG. > > But the Lagano testers ran the reactor very hot, and many if not most of > the nickel particles melted. But after 32 days of operation, the reaction > was gaining in effectiveness and vigor even as the nickel particles were > being degraded by the high heat. This revelation may have allowed Rossi to > rethink his fuel mix strategy. Rossi may have been surprised that the > nickel particles showed limited transmutation. > > The nickel particles may only be required to setup a quantum mechanical > preconditions that allows the LENR reaction to begin gradually and smoothly > without a BANG. > > Once startup is achieved, the LENR reaction precedes as a fire would by > maintaining the conditions necessary for its continuing progression. > > No LENR reaction has yet to be restarted. Could it be that the nickel > particles can only be used once at the initial startup. And once used these > particles become ineffective? >
