Right. The Copper (of any isotope) is supposedly transmuted from one either 62Ni or 64Ni. Natural Nickel is about 3.6% 62Ni and about 0.9% 64Ni. So, the "active ingredients" in the fuel make up less than 5% of the total.
However, the ash contains (according to Rossi) up to 30% Copper. Where does all that Copper come from, unless Rossi is converting about 25% of the existing 58Ni into one or more of the rarer isotopes? Since one module contains (IIRC) about 100g of "fuel", that means that Rossi claims to be able to convert about 25g of that into rarer isotopes for something on the order of $1 (since he said a refueling will cost about $10, and the cost of enriching the fuel adds about 10% to the cost). Reducing the cost of a gram of 64Ni from $30,000 to $0.04 is quite an achievement! ________________________________ From: Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com> To: John Milstone <vortex-l@eskimo.com> Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ni-64 enrichment You mean Cu 65 and Cu63. That's the ash. 2012/1/21 John Milstone <john_sw_orla...@yahoo.com> Thanks for reposting that information. > > >So, if the fuel or ash from an E-Cat contained excess 64-Ni, that would be >compelling evidence that he really does have a new and revolutionary means of >enriching Nickel isotopes, since it seems unlikely that he would have the >resources to "spike" his samples with $30,000/g material. > > >That make me even more eager to see the detailed isotopic analysis that Sven >Kullander said would be available before Christmas. > >
