On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Harry Veeder <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Kullander: . . . The isotopic analysis through >> >> ICP-MS doesn’t show any deviation from the natural isotopic composition of >> nickel and copper." >> > > This has to be a misunderstanding. Believe me, I have had many > misunderstandings trying to communicate with Rossi, and often they were > about issue that he had no reason at all to lie about. > > Don't jump to the conclusion that he is lying. > > You ask something several times and suddenly you get a different answer. > Based on long experience dealing people who speak English as a second > language, this does not shock me. > > - Jed > > I don’t think Rossi knows what is going on and has an inaccurate physical model of his process in his head. If Rossi could be wrong about what is going on within his process down at the atomic level and below, he could have attempted enrichment to no real effect. If the Rossi process produces isotopes that normalize to natural isotopic abundances, the process will eventually overcome any enrichment when the reactor is active for a long time. The process can obviously operate at natural nickel isotopic levels with a high level of copper impurities.
