Well spotted, thanks for the point about the two protons in one vacancy and an empty vacancy adjoining being more probable. Now if I may abuse, how come the water molecules (from the electrolyte as you certainly have guessed) are where they are (one fitting snugly on top of each surface Pd atom), what are those yellow haloes, and what are those protons to the right of the water molecules?
Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jones Beene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: Mystery pictures > Michel Jullian wrote: > >> Dear Jones, kindly elaborate, doing this 3D model was a lot of work ;-) > > Nice work, I should have added. > > I see water on the right, the blue spheres would be a proton conductor, > in a FCC lattice (presumably Pd) and the hydrogen would be passing > through as monatomic units. > > However, this is not accurate at least in the highest (instantaneous > probability) form, according to one expert. > > According to SEMs of loaded Pd, and according to Miley in an old issue > of Fusion Technology, when the lattice is fully loaded (1:1) the highest > probability at any instant in time is that there will two protons in one > vacancy and an empty vacancy adjoining. That is rather difficult to > model, so you did the next best thing. > > Jones > >
