In reply to JonesBeene's message of Mon, 30 Jul 2018 11:56:55 -0700: Hi, [snip] > >The preferred catalyst of Holmlid for creation of dense hydrogen by surface >contact is a commercial product known as Shell 105. It is mostly hematite >iron oxide, with potassium. > >Iron oxide has a long history as a petrochemical catalyst and of course is >very economical. Both iron, oxygen and potassium are also Mills catalysts, >which lend credence to the belief that Holmlid and Mills are operating in the >same arena and that the hydrino and UDH are different aspects of the same >species. > >The problem is that many experimenters who have tried to replicate have had no >luck with iron oxide, but then Holmlid has recently revealed that the hematite >catalyst is much more likely to work when activated by calcining. Mills too >has trade secrets which are partially but not fully disclosed. In the end, the >lack of replication of dense hydrogen gives the skeptics plenty of ammo. > >Even with heat treatment there are additional techniques to activate hematite >which may be needed. This indicates that the variability of secondary >processing of the catalyst is what is keeping it from widespread use, AND >that there is something unknown which is not yet fully appreciated. In fact, >iron oxide had many forms and phases - and the field of petrochemical >catalysis has itself been called borderline alchemy over its long history, due >to economic priorities. This is Rossis background as well. Petrodragon was >promoted to be a catalysis breakthrough of a similar type.
Note also that Mills used reduction by Hydrogen of a metal oxide to create nascent water molecules, which are his preferred catalyst. Holmlid could be achieving the same thing with Hydrogen and Iron oxide. > >The above reasoning sets the table for the likelihood that there is a hidden >and more active form of iron oxide which can be made via pre-activation (if >one knew exactly how to do this optimally) but that its identity has been a >mystery up until now - even to the ones who have occasional success. This is >where the new material hematene comes in. > >Hematene is a newly discovered form of hematite which may be the precise >active ingredient for dense hydrogen instead of hematite. It has been there >all alone in small amounts but not appreciated. > >Here are two articles on hematene, which is basically a 2D phase with >similarities to graphene, the most studied of all two-dimensional catalytic >materials. The two-dimensional morphology of hematene is confirmed by >transmission electron microscopy. Magnetic measurements together with density >functional theory calculations confirm the ferromagnetic order in hematene >while its parent form exhibits antiferromagnetic order. > >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-018-0134-y > >https://newatlas.com/hematene-2d-iron-material/55670/ > >The problem is that even with the new identification, it is not clear how to >make or activate it from the cheap starting material in such a way as to >guarantee success. > Regards, Robin van Spaandonk local asymmetry = temporary success
