On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 9:19 AM, Guenter Wildgruber <gwildgru...@ymail.com> wrote:
As I tried to explain: 400++ degC is a domain where recrystallization > occurs. this is not your comfortable home-temperature. > See 'the laws of recrystallization', subtopic -- Laws of > recrystallization -- > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recrystallization_(metallurgy) > In this discussion I think it's important to separate three related but distinct questions: - Does Andrea Rossi's new model operate at or above 600 C? - Is it possible under any circumstance for an NiH system to operate at or above 600 C? - Is an Ni + H reaction the main one responsible for heat in an NiH system? I have no strong opinions on any of these questions. I will be anxious to see independent confirmation of a positive answer to the first one if such becomes possible in the near term. I would be surprised if the answer to the second question were unequivocally negative; it is possible to think up scenarios in which the nuclear active environment rarely reaches the melting point of nickel, even with a low-grade reaction proceeding. Eric