On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Alan J Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote:
> At 11:32 AM 11/16/2011, James Bowery wrote: > >> Is there a plausible explanation for why the temperature at which >> reaction initiates in the E-Cat just happens to be so close to the boiling >> point of water? >> > > Mostly coincidence, but it also represents the point at which the entire > system has heated up to its operating temperature. > We have no idea what the core temperature is -- but it's most likely the > Ni Curie temperature of 358°C (catalyst?) > > > The Ni Curie temperature may explain it. The core temperature is what I am thinking about when I talk about the "coincidence" (understanding that we don't have direct read-outs from it). So if it is some sort of ferromagnetic transition phenomenon, then the close proximity to 100C of Ni's Curie temperature is, indeed, a coincidence/serendipity. Now, the question is: Are we dealing with a ferromagnetic transition phenomenon???
