On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> More probably this means that the "catalyst" is in homogeneous i.e. liquid > phase- a solution or a melt which covers the Ni powder (it happens at > 350-450 deg Celsius) > Peter > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 5:25 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> > I do not understand what this means. Someone should please rewrite >> "works in >> > a homogeneous phase with nickel powder." Does that mean the powder is >> > homogeneous? What is a "homogeneous phase"? >> >> Probably, "single isotope". >> >> T >> >> > > > -- > Dr. Peter Gluck > Cluj, Romania > http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com > > I had away assumed that the Rossi catalyst was a core in shell (homogenous) nanopowder with a NiO core and a Fe2O3 surface cover. This wording from Rossi now tells me that the catalyst is an admixture ( heterogeneous) of two separate nanopowders, one nanopowder being NiO and the other separate and distinct nanopowder being Fe2O3. These two powders are in surface contact with each other in a well blended mixture.
