From: Roarty, Francis X
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
The tubes could be hollow as well as in Enculescu’s image below. Does anyone have the citation for Rossi’s nickel lattice having “tubules”? Cannot find it. But check this out. http://www.science24.com/paper/11457 This is a marvelous image of what can be done, in principal, with nickel nanotubes via electroless deposition. It would not surprise me if Rossi’s supplier of nickel has used a similar technique. This particular paper is Romanian/German and has no connection to LENR that I am aware of. I wonder if Peter Gluck is aware of it? Perhaps a gram or two of this actual material should be tried in LENR, due to the possibility of entrapment of hydrogen in the tubes in one dimension, as we have discussed. As a caveat, this electroless nickel deposition technique apparently involves high phosphorous content, which could be a poison (who knows?) _____________________________________________ From: Jones Beene -----Original Message----- 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
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