Lanthanium based chemical is cited by JP Biberian and LENR active, and he tested himself. It is written in his book "la fusion dans tout ses état". I don't know if it is translated.
2013/7/19 Jack Cole <[email protected]> > Another interesting study of heat produced by lanthanum nickel absorbing > hydrogen. They note the level is higher than is typical and attribute this > to chemisorption. Could they have unintentionally produced LENR? > > > http://www.micromeritics.com/Repository/Files/The_Heat_of_Adsorption_of_Hydrogen_Gas_on_Lanthanum_Pentanickel.pdf > > *The heat of adsorption for hydrogen during physisorption is somewhere > between 4 to 10 kJ/mol[1] for a typical * > *carbon sample, but for the LaNi5 sample, the heat of adsorption is > calculated to be 30.295 kJ/mol, agreeing * > *with published data, which has LaNi5’s enthalpy ranging from about 29 to > 32 kJ/mol[2]. This increase in the * > *heat of adsorption over typical enthalpies for the physisorption of > hydrogen is the result of the LaNi5* > * disassociating and absorbing hydrogen. Unlike most materials run on the > ASAP 2050, such as carbons, which employ physisorption to adsorb molecular > hydrogen, the LaNi5 employs chemisorption and actually absorbs * > *atomic hydrogen into the metal structure. * > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Jack Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Very interesting Jones. This paper has some intriguing facts about >> lanthum and hydrogen aborption and release in lanthum. >> >> http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/j100476a006 >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Bob,**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Magnesium hydride does store more hydrogen than most metals and alloys - >>> by weight, since magnesium is very low density - but the Space program in >>> Europe and NASA use lanthanum nickel (LaNi5) for hydrogen storage. Rossi >>> would have access to this alloy through U-Bologna. Low weight is not needed >>> by the HotCat so my suspicion is that he uses a high-nickel alloy of some >>> kind instead of magnesium. Lanthanum has magnetic properties that would >>> favor its use in an active alloy.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> But Bob’s observation that a starved mode startup is avoided by having >>> the hydrogen stored as a metal hydride - is relevant no matter what the >>> storage alloy.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Nevertheless, the most logical conclusion for the lack of gammas in the >>> HotCat is that the main energetic reaction produces none (or few). **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> This would seem to eliminate “fusion” in favor of a reaction where the >>> energy is derived in a reaction that does not produce high energy photons >>> OR alphas OR betas, since the ceramic of the HotCat is completely >>> transparent to low level radiation and even bremsstrahlung would have been >>> noticed. **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* Bob Higgins **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> One of the differences between the HotCat and Rossi's original eCat was >>> that the original devices were loaded with H2 and THEN heated. This >>> allowed the H2 to be present while the eCat was heating to the reaction >>> operating point (>300C). Apparently in this transition from cold to ~300C, >>> there is a temperature at which the reaction begins in some "starved" mode >>> where the gamma output is either greater amplitude or higher energy >>> (allowing it to pass through the shielding) than when the operating >>> temperature is reached. Once some kind of "saturated" condition is reached >>> at the desired operating temperature, either the gamma amplitude subsides, >>> or the gamma photon energy declines and it is substantially absorbed >>> (thermalized) in the apparatus.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> In Rossi's HotCat, the H2 is supplied by a metal hydride, possibly MgH2. >>> This hydride releases its H2 sharply upon reaching a critical temperature >>> of about ~300C. This may allow the transition temperature range to be >>> crossed without substantial H2 being present; thus avoiding the transition >>> emissions. How the H2/hydride behaves in cool-down, I am not certain. In >>> shutdown cooling, I am not sure that the H2 will be re-absorbed as sharply >>> or at the same temperature. Absorbtion and de-absorbtion will also depend >>> on the exact metal hydride used, its powder size, and whether or not >>> something like a lithium borohydrate catalyst is used. **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> This may mean that emissions are avoided in startup and operation, but >>> not in shutdown.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Jones Beene wrote:**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> It is not me that is "insisting" on anything. The data indicates no >>> gammas. >>> >>> Very thorough radiation testing of the HotCat concluded that no gamma >>> radiation exists in that version. >>> >>> There may have been minor gamma radiation in the earlier ECat but it was >>> orders of magnitude too little to account for the thermal gain. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: David ledin >>> >>> Why you insist that e-cat don't emit gamma ray while both rossi and >>> focardi claimed otherwise.**** >>> >>> >> >
