Not sure if the following has been brought to the attention of this thread yet. Rossi's answer might be relevant.
1. Joe July 23rd, 2012 at 1:19 PM<http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=666&cpage=4#comment-284875> Dr Rossi, Would the E-Cat process work for other elements (carbon, tungsten) for the sake of having a higher melting temperature with which to work? All the best, Joe 2. Andrea Rossi July 23rd, 2012 at 4:00 PM<http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=666&cpage=4#comment-284971> Dear Joe: My Friend, you always put questions I am not allowed to answer to! Warm Regards, A.R. On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Guenter Wildgruber <[email protected]>wrote: > Axil, > > Tungsten would be a whole new game in town. > > Its main 'advantage' being that it would make Rossi's claims a bit more > plausible. > My personal experience is: > Stick to what is working, and do not make major changes. > > My major objection, based on a bit of common sense, still holds: > LENR is NOT a homogenous process and necessarily has its hot spots, far > surpassing average temperature. > I think we a gree that 1000degC is dangerously close to recrystallization, > which, > with Ni seems to be somewhere near 1120degC. > If this is correct, Rossi would have managed nearly perfect control of the > process, leaving all his competitors in the dust. > > Another aspect being: with a 'dry' process one cannot remove the process > heat, so it would have to be a 'wet' process, where the cooling fluid is in > direct contact to the reactant. > > But in this case (wet process) all MY mental conceptions of the nature of > the process break down. > > Quite possibly I'm wrong, as an armchair theorist in the issue. Just > assembling the laws of nature and the evidences to something possible. > Rossi has to deliver evidence, to prove me wrong. > Up to now he nearly did nothing of this sort. > Right now the probability that Rossi is a bigmouth with an illusion of > grandeur is much higher than him actually delivering something. > > Guenter > > ------------------------------ > *Von:* Axil Axil <[email protected]> > *An:* [email protected] > *Gesendet:* 20:15 Dienstag, 24.Juli 2012 > *Betreff:* Re: [Vo]:What the DOD gave to Rossi? > > *IMHO, nickel micro-powder cannot sustain reactor long term operating > temperatures at 1000C without deteriorating especially if copper is > produced as a transmutation product.* > * * > *Something has to give with this concept and I believe it is the use of > nickel as the reaction substrate.* > * * > *Micro powder would be retained as a way to maximize reaction surface > area, but an element with a higher melting temperature would need to be > used to keep the micro powder grains from sintering together into a > congealed mess.* > * * > *The use of tungsten is my guess especially since Rossi states that he > needs more x-ray shielding in his new very high temperature system. > Tungsten will produce that type of radiation profile.* > * * > > > *Cheers: Axil* > > > > > > -- Patrick www.tRacePerfect.com The daily puzzle everyone can finish but not everyone can perfect! The quickest puzzle ever!
