From: Bob Cook . Thanks for your recalls. Great information. Thanks should go to the vortex archive, which is full of surprises.
In retrospect and having reviewed LENR catalyst material again for the nth time, my best guess is that the alloy most likely to succeed with deuterium is palladium with cerium in a small amount. Cerium is mentioned by the J&M patent application, P&F, Mills, Piantelli, and in dozens of other papers, patents and experiments. Why cerium? Dunno. but if it relates to the 5th force or "neuglu" boson, and it very well could since cerium 142-is particularly rich in neutrons -- then all one can say is that "synchronicity" strikes again. Cerium also has a lighter isotope near the mass of the Higgs boson and is probably the heaviest element in the Higgs range. It's main use may tell us something: Incandescent Gas Lantern Mantles.
