Excellent hypothesis Bob. This is a million times more likely to have happened than the deception which Rossi is trying to push over on the patent office.
My prediction is that the Lugano episode, which is little more than sham PR event, masquerading as science - will cost Rossi, Leonardo an IH the entirety of their IP portfolio protection related to LENR. From: Bob Higgins Ø Yes, my hypothesis is that the reactor tube was not empty when given to the Lugano team to test - it had been pre-loaded with 62Ni. They did their dummy tests with the inert 62Ni by itself (and no H2). When it came time for Rossi to add the "fuel" powder, a sample of what he was putting in was taken for analysis as the "fuel". But, what Rossi put in was not the whole fuel - only some LAH and some natural Ni to obscure the analysis. When the ash was analyzed, it was a mix of a large amount of 62Ni pre-loaded + a smaller amount of natural Ni loaded as powder by Rossi after the dummy test. In the ash analysis, there was still 0.3% of 58Ni, probably from the free "fuel" powder he added after the dummy test. However, in my hypothesis, the ash particles tested were mostly comprised of the original 62Ni that was pre-loaded into the reactor with a small amount of Ni that was added when Rossi added the powder fuel.
