Not all the elements that comprise the Rossi ash have been revealed by the Swedes. If chromium is found in the ash between 1% and 3%, the iron could well come from the scrubbing of stainless steel.
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > There has been a fair amount of curiosity about the 11% iron discovered in > isotopic analysis by the Swedes in the Rossi sample. > > It was not radioactive, and is therefore unlikely to be ash from a nuclear > reaction. What is its purpose? Rossi says it is a contaminant from > stainless > steel, but that is extraordinarily unlikely due to the extreme amount, and > also since there was no chromium in the sample. Cr is an element which is > likely to leach from SS and would also be present - if stainless was the > source of the iron. > > If you are old enough to remember amplifier tubes, then there could be a > clue from that technology. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getter > > There are quite a few references online for iron gettering. Iron is not > used > a getter in most circumstances, but it is nonvolatile, ferromagnetic and > does have greater oxygen affinity than nickel and is otherwise compatible. > It is possible that the 11% iron seen by the Swedes in the Rossi sample was > there as a getter. > > This is assuming that Piantelli's advice for high vacuum for contaminant > (oxygen) removal is accurate. The getter would work with hot hydrogen like > an ultrahigh vacuum, and is essentially 'sacrificial'. > > Also - in the category of nano-hydrides which seem to possess energy > anomalies, the following would not be as relevant were it not for the > assignee and the fact that they mention "conversion of matter into energy": > > > http://www.google.com/patents?id=s_bWAAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing#v=onepage&q&f > =false<http://www.google.com/patents?id=s_bWAAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing#v=onepage&q&f=false> > > Jones > >
