Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This would be ideal, of course. Too bad that more experimenters besides > Prof. John Dash, are not reporting results using alternatives, such as Ti . > . .
I do not think this matters. The purpose of the research is to discover the nature of the reaction, and to develop a working theory. Once this is done it will probably apply to other materials. With transistors, once a theory was worked out it was not difficult to transition from Ge to Si, and from bipolar junction devices to FET and other designs. I am sure it is the same reaction with Pd as with Ni and these other materials. Researchers should use what ever materials and techniques they prefer. I am also sure that whatever design and materials they come up with first, it will be obsolete as quickly as the bipolar junction transistor was. There is no point to putting a lot effort into the initial design, or trying to wire down market share with it. This is one of the many reasons I think the BLP business strategy is misguided. If I were them, I would have spent the entire $50 million to make a small, useless but very convincing demo unit, and let GE and Mitsubishi figure out how to make practical devices. - Jed
