If this high school reaction is consistent with the Rossi Reaction; a proton based reaction, I suspect that Rhenium is the mainline transmutation product.
Since potassium is the not so secret sauce in this high school reaction, it lends credence to the speculation that potassium is also the secret sauce in the Rossi reaction. On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:46 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > This is definitely an Ohmori-Mizuno style glow discharge experiment. I > heard from one of the authors. It employs "confined free powders of > tungsten in a reaction chamber by natural convection" with a plasma between > the powder and "an anode jacketed by a porous sintered borosilicate glass > filter." > > The problem with the O-M experiment was that it was unstable, short-lived, > and it caused a large explosion. This technique probably fixes the first > two problems. I don't know about the third. When I observed the tests, > Mizuno could make the effect turn on for ~5 minutes at most. The heat > eroded the cathode in about 15 minutes. It was broken up into black dust at > the bottom of the cell. So, the effect appeared to be real, but it was of > no practical use. See: > > http://lenr-canr.org/wordpress/?page_id=187#PhotosTMizuno > > I assume the black color of the dust meant the particles were of small > dimensions. I do not think it could be tarnished in a 15-minute experiment. > Once the metal was broken up and it fell to the bottom and there was no way > to use it in a circuit. That is to say, it was nothing like a fluidized bed. > > This new technique starts off with powder and uses it in a fluidized bed. > > - Jed > >
