There has been speculation within the cold-fusion community that Rossi is being disingenuous is stating that the reaction chamber is made of stainless steel. Why? Stainless steel is a poor conductor of heat.
It could also be a way to justify the presence of a large amount of iron in the ash; a cover story to hide the importance of iron in the Rossi catalyst. The patent states that the reaction chamber is copper not stainless. Where and when did the ash come from, a Cat-E with a stainless reaction chamber or one with a copper one? Would Rossi mislead us to protect the secret of his Catalyst? *Quote:* Their analyses showed that the pure powder consists of essentially pure nickel, while the used powder contains several other substances, mainly 10 percent copper and 11 percent iron. The iron assay in the ash is higher than even copper. So how did it get so high? The proton fusion theory of nickel does not support the transmutation of iron. The Miley theory of natural isotopic abundance that I prefer also does not support a large iron assay in the ash. All this supports my contention that iron in the form of an X2O3 oxide forms the site of the active nuclear component in the Rossi catalyst. 316L stainless steel has 18% chromium and 65% iron more or less. If the process was a mechanical based sputtering process then 2.7 % chromium contamination should have been found in the ash and this chromium would have still been alloyed with the iron. What could have purified the chromium from the iron?
