From: Roarty, Francis X
>
> There was some conjecture that even sputtering can accomplish a crude
> form of enrichment.
I can't see nickel sputtering making a significant difference in enrichment at
all. Is there any real evidence?
Jones,
The discussion was regarding the Soret effect :
http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg47143.html
Fran
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From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net]
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 1:01 PM
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Subject: EXTERNAL: RE: [Vo]:Ni-64 enrichment
From: Roarty, Francis X
>
> There was some conjecture that even sputtering can accomplish a crude
> form of enrichment.
I can't see nickel sputtering making a significant difference in enrichment at
all. Is there any real evidence?
Even a faction of a percent gain is doubtful from sputtering, and anything less
than a ten-fold (order of magnitude) increase is not going to help very much
IMO.
The interesting thing about ultra-centrifugation of electroless nickel however
is the synergy of in situ deposition. Imagine using the cylindrical reactor
itself as the holder for perhaps 500 grams of electroless nickel (along with a
heavier metal that can be leached-out to give Casimir cavities).
This would be in a situation where you want to plate out 10 grams onto the wall
of that reactor which is also enriched 10 fold in 64Ni. IOW nearly a full gram
of 64Ni is plated out.
Your centrifuge is custom designed to take the entire reactor cylinder as a
cartridge, and spins it for long enough to make the enrichment - following
which added heat does the plate-out.
490 grams of the original electroless nickel is then removed and exchanged with
the supplier for 500 grams of new plus cash for handling. IOW the 'spent'
feedstock has not lost its value for every other customer (for typical plating
purposes) - and we know that millions of kg of electroless nickel are used in
this market. However ... red flag alert.
Yes - it is clear that this plan is an expedient and is NOT sustainable - and
only works if there is lots of demand for the depleted electroless nickel,
compared to the amount that is needed for this kind of reactor.
But that is not a huge concern now, at least not for a few years down the road.
If the E-Cat were successful, by then Rossi would own all the nickel mines
anyway :) At least he would have if he done this correctly from the start and
were using DGT's money now.
Please excuse the (intended) oversimplification of a complex issue... Obviously
this is all completely speculative.
Jones
