The small bit of powder that came out when the reactor was cut open was likely the hydride that, when heated, pressurized the reactor with H2 gas…
From: Eric Walker [mailto:eric.wal...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:17 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:Speculation about hotCat On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> wrote: * We are told that the central reactor core is a 310 stainless steel cylinder ( 3cm by 33cm). There is no port for introduction of H2. The ends are cold welded closed. The ends were cone-shaped AISI 316 steel caps that were "hot-hammered" into the ends. I don't think they were welded. * When the test device was sawed open, only a miniscule amount of powder came out. This cannot be the active powder - it would have melted as loose powder rather than conveying the heat out of the cylinder. I don't think any nickel charge came out when they opened the device. Apparently the nickel charge was carried in one or more 33 mm x 3 mm cylinders, which were opened and the contents weighed. If the Hot-Cat HT is anything like the device tested in August 2012, the inside looks like the image shown on page 6 of [1]. Notice that there is putty sealant that does produce a kind of powder. [1] http://coldfusionnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/105322688-Penon4-1.pdf
