Ed Storms once told me that in Pd-D systems using an LiOD salt for the electrolyte, the Li did not deposit at all on the Pd - implying that it remained completely in the electrolyte. I am not sure in co-dep if any Li would end up being trapped in the plated layers.
As I mentioned before, Piantelli uses the Li as a nearby nuclear reactant for the high energy protons produced in the Ni-H reaction to amplify the excess heat. Perhaps there are some high energy protons [or other particles] produced in Pd-D reaction at the surface that can react with the Li in the electrolyte in contact with the Pd cathode, amplifying the overall excess heat. I agree that the presence of Li in systems producing excess heat is a noticeable coincidence. How it is implicated at a Pd cathode is a mystery. Bob Higgins On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 3:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sun, 12 Apr 2015 18:20:39 -0700: > Hi, > [snip] > >The maddening realization for all of us could be that lithium would have > plated out on the cathode as well – but this was never mentioned or > considered. > > Perhaps to some extent, however there is a 3 eV difference in the first > ionization energy of Pd and Li, with Pd much "hungrier" for electrons than > Li, > so when it comes to plating, Pd would be strongly favoured. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html > >
