Thanks, Jed,
You are implying that you don't believe that the stored Wigner effect
energy per gram could be many orders of magnitude higher in Palladium
(or Nickel, for that matter) than in graphite because of the 4eV per
atom limit. Correct?
Please don't get me wrong - I am hoping that I can rule out the Wigner
Effect as the source of the anomalies (to my own satisfaction). It would
be very disappointing if CF/LENR turned out to be just an unreliable
energy storage device.
Andy.
On 28/11/12 01:54, Jed Rothwell wrote:
"Accumulation of energy in irradiated graphite has been recorded as
high as 2.7 kJ/g, but is typically much lower than this . . ."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigner_effect
Cold fusion cathodes of roughly 1 g have produced more than that in
many cases, and in a few cases 50 to 150 MJ. In the debate between
Fleischmann and Morrison I linked to, the cathode produced 1.1 MJ. As
I recall it was small, probably ~1 g. Most of F&P's early cathodes
were small.
The Wigner effect appears to be a form of mechanical storage, as near
as I can tell. Generally speaking, when you talk about chemical or
mechanical energy storage -- with electron bonds, in other words --
the upper limit is about 4 eV per atom of material. Store more than
that and the molecules fall apart. You get plasma, I suppose. Cold
fusion devices have produced hundreds to thousands of eV per atom, and
the upper limit is unknown.
