In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 29 May 2009 01:43:54 -0800: Hi,
Sorry about previous email, clicked on the wrong button. [snip] >Unfortunately, Nitinol is subject to hydrogen embrittlement. Here is >an interesting solution: > >http://www.finishing.com/381/17.shtml > >"It was found some years ago that hydrogen embrittlement could be >alleviated by ion implanting the surface with platinum. The >embrittlement comes from atomic hydrogen diffusing into the surface, >not molecular hydrogen. Platinum acts as a catalyst, accelerating the >recombination of atomic hydrogen into molecular hydrogen. It seems to me that this rather defeats the purpose. The whole purpose of the cathode is to create *atomic* hydrogen. It's the atoms that are needed for the fusion process, not the molecules. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
