On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Blanton > >> "It might be noted that, for pure Ni, the crystal structure is quite > similar to Pd whose face is only 36 pm larger." > > Would it be your opinion then, that the A-Z alloy (84% Ni, 16% Pd) would > have a slightly tighter internal "cavity" than pure palladium? That could be > important, if true.
Literature indicates that the Pd segregates to the surface: http://www.fzu.cz/activities/conferences/ecoss22/abstracts/17010.pdf http://resources.metapress.com/pdf-preview.axd?code=w5182k06n5871187&size=largest which brings to mind one of Horace's writings on how deuterium enters the lattice. I'll have to search his site unless he jumps in here. If Pd inducts the hydrogen into the cell and it propagates to the internal Ni structure, confinement should increase significantly. This would increase the fusion population. Perhaps Pd funnels the reactants into this geometry? Terry
