Why to 0.04$? To 100$ would be a great thing too. 2012/1/21 John Milstone <john_sw_orla...@yahoo.com>
> 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. > > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com
