JonesBeene <[email protected]> wrote: *From: *Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> > > > > - Both Patterson and Mizuno reported heat from a mixture of Ni and Pd, > which I assume can be ascribed to the Pd. > > > > Why would you assume that Mizuno’s Clean Planet results can be ascribed to > Pd? >
First, I do not think Clean Planet's results are valid. Second, Mizuno's own reactor had a lot of Pd in it, and I think that was the active metal. Mizuno used Pd wire and also Pd was sputtered everywhere by glow discharge. I expect it went onto the walls and the Ni screens. I do not know know whether Clean Planet's reactor had Pd in it, but as I said, I do not trust their calorimetry. They don't want to hear about my concerns. > He [Mizuno -- right?] clearly states the large area of nickel mesh is the > fusion catalyst. About 20 grams of thin nickel wire was wound on a ceramic > mandrel. This is over 100 meters of wire. > As I said, I think there is probably a lot of Pd sputtered on to it. In his latest experiment he got much better results by deliberately putting a small amount of Pd on the Ni, by two methods. See p. 24: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/MizunoTpreprintob.pdf - Jed
