On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote:

> After all we vorticians are not only pro bono but de Bono

You too?  or Edward R?

It would seem to me that the hydrogen molecule must first be
dissociated before being robbed of it's atom's electron by Ni.  Could
this catalyst assist in dissociation?  If so, could it be Pd?  If not
dissociation, what is the function of the catalyst?  Some intermediate
energy state a la Mills?  That doesn't seem right since we are trying
to ionize the hydrogen.

T

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