[Snip] I would presume a drastic change in environmental conditions is
also required (besides heat) for the regeneration process to complete. I presume these environmental changes are "proprietary". ;-) [Reply] Yes it could be "heat" above the melting point of the alloy with "environment conditions" caustic enough to leach out the softer alloy and reform the pores of the skeletal catalyst poisoned in the reaction. [Snip] Would anyone like to hazard a guess as to what BLP is currently using as their favorite "solid fuel?" I got the impression that a prior promising concoction consisting of Raney Nickel turned out to be too difficult to manage, or have I got my facts all wrong on this point. [Reply] Their proprietary recipe for Raney Nickel may have been too difficult to manage for students and faculty when the goal was to demonstrate a simplified procedure for replications. Less excess heat can be demonstrated without pyrophoric materials and less danger to the students and faculty at Rowan. I predict numerous replications in short order now that off the shelf materials can be used.
