Bob,
Much discussion regarding micro “tubule” geometry of Rossi powders
leads many of us to consider the hair like protrusions as forming nano geometry
between the grains as they pack to form a bulk powder.
Fran
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From: Jones Beene [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2014 5:50 PM
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Subject: EXTERNAL: RE: [Vo]:MIT Course Day 5 -- NiH Systems
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From: Bob Cook
> Also I suspect that the nano Ni that is produced is pretty pure. That
> may be why Rossi uses it …
Not sure that I follow this. Although the Rossi patent mentions "nanometric"
and specifically a favored isotope - Rossi himself has identified his nickel
supplier, and says the geometry of his powder is micron not nano (at least at
that point in time). Metals (as opposed to ceramics) can seldom be reduced
below 10 microns by normal Industrial methods such as ball milling - due to
surface electric properties aka: “agglomeration.”
That is one reason why “nano” is so special and not fully appreciated wrt
metals. It simply cannot happen in normal metal processing (except with mixed
ceramics like the oxides of nickel). You might do well to talk to the Ni-O
“nano” suppliers, like Quantum sphere:
http://www.qsinano.com/products_nanomaterials.html
They will set you straight on the lack of anything truly “nano” as a metal. It
must have a surface oxide.
> … and may be the reason other researchers do not have very good luck at
> getting a good reaction.
No doubt that Rossi, if we can believe his results, has found something that no
one else has yet been able to duplicate. It may be serendipitous, but it is not
likely to be “nanometric nickel” per se.
Jones
