My understanding was that the hexagonal iron oxide catalyst was responsible for making the planar hexagonal Rydberg "snowflakes". These "snowflakes" form a dusty plasma in his system and spontaneously align to form stacks of "snowflakes" having the 2.3 pm separation [Winterberg]. I don't think the iron oxide is responsible for anything but forming the pre-cursor hexagonal Rydberg "snowflakes" that then forms the dusty plasma.
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > *From:* Bob Higgins > > Ø I am not convinced at all that Holmlid's strings of "UDD" exist. > The existence of the low density hexagonal Rydberg "snowflakes" of hydrogen > is a fairly well established fact. I cannot see how any of this is a path > to large scale fusion even if it exists. > > As I understand Holmlid’s argument - iron oxide is the matrix which makes > it all happen. Iron oxide is naturally structured as nanoporous, with > holes of one nanometer diameter which are located in the center of hexagons > of iron-oxide, and which align as deep narrow wells. Presumably, the > strings of UDD would be positioned inside these deep holes like drilling > strings, providing an extended lifetime but requiring that the matrix > must also be included as part of the fuel. > > Although it would appear at first glance that this structure is mostly > iron oxide, the spacing of the stacked layers in the strings is so close > (2.3 pm), that there would be many more actual atoms of UDD compared to > the matrix. > > Until there is independent replication, I agree with Bob that this is not > convincing on its own. Yet, it should be relatively easy to show some > previous anomaly in hydrogen loaded iron-oxide due to the industrial > importance. > > In fact, using hydrogen to reduce hematite was once considered as a way > to make pure steel from iron ore with no coal. Sooner or later I will get > around to digging up old papers looking for reported thermal anomalies. > >
