Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
Extremely high pressure is achieved by electrolysis at the surface
of an electrode, in a microscopic domain. According to some sources
it is 10E47 atmospheres (Mizuno, p. 101).
And what does this mean?
Oops, that was described as a misinterpretation. The correct figure,
from p. 103, is 10E23. Not quite as high but still -- if this is
correct -- on the scale of a few atoms a Pd surface undergoing
electrolysis can produce more pressure than the core of a neutron
star. That would be an unexplored domain.
There is no significant volume of cavities in a successful cold
fusion cathode.
The entire palladium lattice can be considered a collection of cavities.
No, it is a lattice. A lattice is not the same as a cavity. A cavity
is a break in the lattice, in which D2 molecules can form. Deuterons
cannot come together to form molecules in a lattice. They might be
able to come together to form helium atoms. That's the subject of
debate, but no one asserts they can form D2.
Cavities rapidly expand to form cracks, which can readily be seen on
the surface of a submerged cathode. Lines of bubbles form on them and
then detach and float up. These are much larger bubbles than the ones
formed at the surface by deuterium coming out of solution with the lattice.
- Jed
