> From: "Bob Higgins" <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 7:29:30 AM > > I would like to submit my speculation about the latest Rossi hotCat > for discussion on Vortex-l.
The Penon report (Aug 2012 -- the first hotcat radiative test) http://coldfusionnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/105322688-Penon4-1.pdf says about (what is now the inner) cylinder : The module is consists of an assembly of four components, plus the active charge (Nickel and catalyzer) and a tablet which acts as a hydrogen reserve. Tablet and charge masses are not known. The technology is probably identical, though the charge is now in the central cylinder. On page 4 there's a picture of a ceramic/resistor assembly. The ceramic IS mostly solid .. page 5 shows an end-view. The ceramic DOES seem to fit pretty tightly between the cylinders. In that version it's not at all clear where the "charge" fits in. As I posted earlier the "bands" on the meltdown picture are similar to the "cogs" on the ceramic, and may represent different conductivity (positive or negative, depending on your belief). The nickel powder? ... no idea. Where is the thermalization? Probably in the wall of the inner cylinder ... which will be "filled" with back-body radiation. Maybe it's Schrodinger powder ... a superposition of melted and unmelted powder, and Rossi has somehow rigged the system so that the cat always turns up live.
