Let me organize the previous chain of thought
First one detail gold is an excellent spillover catalyst, plus it is also specifically mentioned in the old patent. It is seldom used as a catalyst due to cost but that is not relevant at this point, since spillover catalysts work best in the range of only 1% of the mass of the host metal/support. 1) Heavy-fermion superconductors are remarkable in having electrons that effectively have hundreds of times their usual mass. 2) Muon-catalyzed fusion involves negative particles that have 206 times the mass of an electron. 3) The cross-connections between superconductivity and LENR are numerous and have been mentioned in the past. 4) Palladium hydride is superconductive. 5) Nickel hydride is superconductive as alloy, with at least one spillover catalyst - gold The nature of the connection between two seemingly unrelated fields is a mystery but it could be related to effectively large mass in the Cooper pair which occasionally shows up at higher temperature. This also fits in with the QBEC hypothesis, since those electrons may be effectively heavy. This patent on nickel hydride superconductors is interesting in regards to a possible dual role of a spillover catalyst. High temperature superconductors and method United States Patent 4043809 This invention comprises a superconductive compound having the formula: Ni1-x Mx Zy wherein M is a metal which will destroy the magnetic character of nickel (preferably copper, silver or gold); Z is hydrogen or deuterium; x is 0.1 to 0.9; and y, correspondingly, 0.9 to 0.1, and method of conducting electric current with no resistance at relatively high temperature of T>1° K comprising a conductor consisting essentially of the superconducting compound noted above.
