Guenter Wildgruber <[email protected]> wrote:
> As far as memory serves, the Pons/Fleischmann Pd-material has been > delivered by an italian manufacturer, who had a very peculiar way of > processing the material. > Because P/F were not aware of that, they did not disclose it as relevant. > So also did not the replicators. So they failed. > No, it was provided by Johnson Matthey, a precious metals company. It is the type of Pd they use in hydrogen filters, developed in the 1930s. Fleischmann described in some detail. I uploaded his descriptions here a couple of times in the past. Precise details are a trade secret. Other hydrogen filter Pd has worked well. It is not surprising. The material has all of the characteristics Storms recommends in "How to produce the Fleischmann-Pons effect." - Jed
