Thermacore used potassium carbonate as the catalyst. This was NOT optimal IMO.
I think Rossi is using (perhaps unknowingly), something that works with nickel as a spillover catalyst. Nickel alone - is a fair spillover catalyst, but as Arata discovered adding 15% palladium as an alloy increase the rate by at least an order of magnitude. There are other choices. Curiously, potassium is not deemed to be good for spillover, but sodium is. -----Original Message----- From: OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson Subject: Re: [Vo]:So close, so far away Interesting speculation, Jones. I never read Stolper's book. Nevertheless, I remember his scrappy posts from the old Yahoo Hydrino group, particularly as he incessantly went after Zimmerman. Does Stolper's book reveal any kind of useful detail as to what kind of additional "catalysts" might have been used in the old 40 pound Ni-H cell? I'm wondering if one were to do some data mining on the matter one could possibly end up with a reasonable facsimile/extrapolation as to the chemistry Rossi & Co. are currently using as a catalyst for their e-Cat. Is such an extrapolation appropriate here, or not? Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
