Jones--
I agree that there are a number of alloys that do better at hydrogen
solubility than Ni. However, they may not have the body centered crystal
array and may actually have differing phases, some of which hold the
hydrogen better than others in the same alloy. The simple crystal structure
of pure Ni may be of an advantage in the LENR business.
Also I suspect that the nano Ni that is produced is pretty pure. That may
be why Rossi uses it and may be the reason other researchers do not have
very good luck at getting a good reaction. If you want to be careful about
how you stimulate a quantum system with fixed input frequencies, various
crystals and impurities may not help.
Bob
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From: "Jones Beene" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 1:48 PM
Subject: RE: [Vo]:MIT Course Day 5 -- NiH Systems
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From: Bob Cook
My thoughts : since H doesn't easily diffuse into Ni (Unlike D in Pd) it's
more likely to be a surface effect.
Perhaps - but misleading. Pure nickel is not a great proton conductor- and
one must pay dearly to get pure nickel. But why?
It takes only a small amount of selected other metals, as alloying agents
for nickel, to far exceed palladium. For instance, 95% nickel and 5%
palladium is superior to palladium, at a fraction of the cost.
There is a wealth of data on hydrogen storage alloys which tends to be
overlooked as candidate alloys for LENR.
Jones
