I think the "Rossi-Speak"- "English" dictionary says: if you let the reaction out of control, no more cooling, *locally* in the core the temperature will rise even to 1600 C. Ths has not much to do with the normal working temperature- 380- 450 C. NiO will be reduced by hydrogen.
Peter On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > The very fact that the Rossi process can ever got to 1600C indicated that > the active nuclear areas in the catalyst survived to at least that > temperature level. This indicates that the melting point of the catalyst was > a few hundred degree C above that 1600C temperature. NiO melts at 2000C. > > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:03 AM, Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: > >> “Where did you see this is 316L?” >> >> >> >> Rossi said that this type of stainless steel is used in the reaction >> vessel. >> >> >> >> It is helpful to memorize as well as possible all the tid-bits that Rossi >> provides because their correlation in their totality greatly restricts what >> materials and processes are operative in his reactor. >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:27 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Axil Axil <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> 316L stainless steel, the material that the reaction vessel is composed >>>> of melts at 1400C. >>> >>> >>> It does seem that most stainless steel melts around this temperature. >>> Where did you see this is 316L? >>> >>> Maybe Rossi is quoting the maximum theoretical limit for the Ni catalyst, >>> rather than an actual observation he has made. >>> >>> Copper melts at 1084 deg C. >>> >>> - Jed >>> >>> >> > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
