Given the history of Cold Fusion, when Rossi was having some success with H2, wouldn't you expect him to try to amp-up the result by using D2 instead of H2? Wouldn't Focardi have suggested the experiment? Rossi, claims that D2 doesn't work in his reactor - a claim made as though he has tried it with his working Ni+catalyst system that works with H2 and found a negative result with D2.
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Eric Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:39 AM, DJ Cravens <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ni-62 >> >> If we assume that speculation about Rossi is correct, what materials >> other than Ni-62 could be used? >> >> If it is p + X reaction, what other isotopes other than Ni62 could be >> used? >> >> Or perhaps it is really a p+p reaction with Ni-62 donating something??? >> > > For Ni/H, my favorite hypothesis: > > d+p+Ni → 3He+Ni > > In this reaction, the nickel is just a bystander and absorbs some of the > momentum of the reaction, so that there is no gamma. Along this line of > thinking, occasionally there will be spallation and fusion with the nickel > and cluster decay, where an alpha or two break off. > > An interesting implication is that eventually the deuterium will be used > up, and you'll have to replenish it. In this instance, it is the deuterium > that is being replenished and not an isotope of nickel. > > Eric > > -- Regards, Bob Higgins
