In the specific case of Rossi, he wants to exclude nickel below 62, but purity is not a necessity, but an optimazation. So, if he roughly excludes most of what is bellow 62, that is good enough. Given that most of Ni is 58 and 60, he can determine a threshold of, say, Z=62, more or less, and roughly separates around this value. It doesn't need to bu pure and the weight difference is quite big, about the same of what is needed to separte boron 10 from 11, even so, not so precise. I think you should look for the costs of enrich boron estimate from there.
2012/1/21 John Milstone <[email protected]> > I understood that. So then, to make his numbers work, he must bump up > those specific isotopes (3.6% and 0.9%) so that they make up around 35% (to > explain the 30% Copper and/or Iron he claims to be in the "ash", with the > "natural" ratios of Nickel remaining). > > IIRC, Rossi claims a total of 100g per "module", which would mean he would > have to create about 35g of those specific isotopes for each $10 charge > (what he claims to be able to sell a 6-month supply of "fuel" for). He > also claims that the cost of doing this enrichment is about 10% of the cost > of the raw Nickel. This works out to producing specific isotopes of 62Ni > and/or 64Ni for about $0.03/gram. > > According to this page (the first one I found), Nickel nanopowder is about > $0.02 - $0.04 per gram: > http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/427027861/nickel_powder.html?s=p > > I've been trying, unsuccessfully, to find the going rate for specific > isotopes of Nickel. I'll bet it costs A LOT more than $0.03/gram. I have > to believe that someone on the Vortex can get a ballpark figure for > purified 62Ni and 64Ni. > > Meanwhile, the technology to produce kilogram quantities of specific > enriched isotopes for pennies a gram is, I suspect, worth far more than the > market for space heaters. Funny that Rossi would disregard that aspect of > his operation. > > There's also the fact that several unfriendly countries are devoting > significant portions of their national economy on being able to do this > exact process with Uranium. If there is any chance that the process can be > adapted for something other than Nickel, then it would have, um, explosive > consequences should it fall into unfriendly hands. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Daniel Rocha <[email protected]> > *To:* John Milstone <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:42 AM > *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:I`ll just leave this here > > He meant that only 62 and 64 transmutes. So, he maximizes their quantity > to increase the energy density. > > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ [email protected]
