On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. I mention this because the temperature and pressure limits mentioned in Rossi's writings do not seem sufficient to dissociate hydrogen. T
