But Robin, how about the 2nd half of that excerpt, where the optimal grain-size is more than a micrometer, not nanometers... I would think that a 'tubercle', which is likely composed of numerous 'grains', would be larger than its constituent parts (i.e. a grain)!
"Rossi tells that he worked every waking hour for six months straight, trying dozens of combinations to find the optimal powder size for the Energy Catalyzer, or E-Cat. He further stresses that specific data about the final optimal grain size cannot be revealed, but can tell us that the most efficient grain size is more in the micrometer range rather than the nanometer range." -Mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 3:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ecatreport part 2 In reply to Mark Iverson's message of Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:33:15 -0700: Hi, [snip] >The tubercles are essential in order for the reaction rate to reach >levels high enough for the implied total power output per volume or >mass to reach orders of magnitude kW/kg - this level of power density is >required for any useful application of the process. When the guy is the States published his story on Hydrogen sensors using tubules of Ti2O, I wrote to him and pointed out that 22+ nm matched the wavelength of the second harmonic of the ground state of H. I.e. a photon with a wavelength of 45 nm is a match for a 27.2 eV Mills energy hole, and a wavelength of 22+ nm is a match for a 54.4 eV energy hole. What's the bet that Rossi is creating tubules with close to the correct dimensions (i.e. 45 nm, or a fraction thereof e.g. 1/2, 1/3 etc.). At ~200eV per H, I would guess about 1/4 i.e. 10-11 nm. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
