Jeff
> Does the monatomic hydrogen released during decomposition recombine with another H to make H2? That would prevent the hydrino reaction. Somehow the monatomic H has to recombine with the Na to make NaH at 640 C so as to trigger the hydrino reaction. This problem you bring up - which is really one of sequential timing - is precisely why I have suggested that the first stage of 'shrinkage' (redundancy) is provided by the Raney Nickel, and *not* the sodium. There is lots of nickel in the fuel mix and very little NaH. Furthermore, that initial level of redundancy may relate to a geometric "hole" in the R-Ni material (pore size) for at least part of the effect. As far back as 1990 Mills was using bulk nickel electrodes - so the metal alone may work to some degree, but combine that activity with a favorable pore size and voila - first stage shrinkage (27.2 eV) can be accomplihed rather efficiently. This stands to reason -- as the 54.4 eV from the sodium - if it were actually required as an *initial shrinkage* in one giant jump leap, right off the bat - is almost unthinkable, at these modest temperatures. Plus there is the 'sequentil problem' we have mentioned. After an initial population (of first stage redundancy) has been accomplished - then he remnant NaH may then be poised to take the population which is already at 27.2 eV and then catalytize that population to reduce them furher down to 54.4. That is the initial beauty of this hypothetical arrangement. Since sodium also has the inherent but much higher level resonance at 4 x 54.4 = ~218 then this turns out to be a *very elegant way* to get the initial population down to a level where the continued shrinkage may become autocatalytic - all the way down to 1/137 or whatever stage is the end, or the 'virtual neutron' stage. That would explain why the the fuel becomes "spent" so quickly (if the sodium only took them down to 54.4 eV then the initial fuel should more active, not spent). OK that is controversial enough - but the following is far more speculative. As I see it, and of course R. Mills and Mike Carrell will imediately disagree based on the premise that CQM is correct , but until testing is done - I belieive that the reduncancy may be only part of the situation and that there will be found eventually - actual nuclear transmutation in the sodium (or nickel) - probably it will be sodium to magnesium and with little radioactivity. But this suggestion is easily falsifiable and yet - apparently, so far no thorough testing of the "ash" has been done (or at least has not been published) Jones.
