Many transition metals will work, some better than others. It’s not so much the material but the topology that counts. And hydrogen seems to be a key to beginning it all together.
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote: > Peter Gluck <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually I have said it very often however that it is >> disaster not an error, it is more historical misfortune than >> error of judgment.Let's e realist, we live in memecracies >> and the meme of palladium-the cradle, the origin, the magic is still too >> powerful. Technological progress will solve this problem- not with/for >> palladium. >> > > If you could tell us how to make Ni work, your position would be a lot > stronger. As I said, most people who have tried Ni saw no heat or any other > evidence of cold fusion. There are no known control parameters with Ni. > Whereas Storms, Cravens and others have described how to make Pd work, and > McKubre has described the control parameters. > > Since most people do not know how to make Ni, work, and you probably do > not know either, I do not see why you criticize those who use Pd instead. > Would it be better for them to spend years working with Ni getting no > results at all? > > You might make the case that Rossi should file for a patent and tell > people how to make Ni work, to speed up the pace of progress. Maybe he > should. But he has chosen not to. So that option is out. > > As a practical matter, what do you suggest? > > - Jed > >
