There is only one cheap method to separate or enrich significantly the Ni isotopes: by persuasion, convincing them to separate. Rossi is sometimes, rarely telling things that are not true. But are interesting, beyond any doubt.
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 8:55 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > *From:* John Milstone **** > > ** ** > > **Ø **Reducing the cost of a gram of 64Ni from $30,000 to $0.04 is quite > an achievement!**** > > ** ** > > As Daniel implies, that is not the correct comparison. **** > > ** ** > > It could easily be the case that Rossi has found that nickel with ~10% > 64Ni and ~15% 62Ni works well, and that this enrichment ratio need not be > precise but can be obtained from electroless Ni feedstock with one pass in > an ultra-centrifuge, and that the lower weight feedstock is more valuable > than natural, so that it all fits together nicely. **** > > ** ** > > I have no problem with any of those premises standing alone, but it is all > of them together that seems unlikely. Stranger things have happened.**** > > ** ** > > That could be Rossi’s main secret, for all we know, and he may have > learned this from his contacts in DoE where, yes, they do fund precisely > this kind of thing. **** > > ** ** > > That would also explain why it is not in his patent application, as well. > If he had discovered it – and did not patent, then he is a bigger fool than > ever imagined.**** > > ** ** > > Jones**** > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
