A thin SiC coating will stop hydrogen leakage by a factor of 10^20 over an untreated interior surface.
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 5:05 PM, Edmund Storms <[email protected]>wrote: > Jones, why focus on paint? Various methods exist to turn a metal surface > black so that it would emit radiation effectively. I agree with Bob, > absolutely no benefit would result from using a SiC tube. > > Ed Storms > > On Jan 26, 2014, at 2:57 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > > > *From:* Bob Higgins > > Just because Rossi knows of SiC tubes, doesn't mean that is what the > hotCat was made from. > > It is the totality of evidence, and it makes far more sense to me than a > “black paint” hypothesis for SS - which can serve no possible purpose on > an interior surface, but would screw up the dimensions for a close fit > especially on the interior of the tube. That rules out paint, in my > estimation. > > Plus, I do not see Rossi even bringing up the subject of the SiC tubes at > all, especially in his tribute to Focardi on the occasion of the great > scientist’s death – if the story were not extremely meaningful to him > (Rossi). If he was not aware of the importance of that serendipity – then > this is a story that never would have been told on such an occasion. > > Rossi may have even “slipped” in providing this anecdote, and given away a > detail that he wishes he had not released to the public. Fortunately for > him, very few people who heard this tribute to Focardi have put two and two > together yet. > > >
