<[email protected]> wrote:
> One thing I take issue with (more with standard practice in the CF > community > than with Jed in particular) is the use of the volume of the cathode in > calculating energy density. Since the actual source of energy is likely to > be > the Hydrogen in the water, not the actual cathode metal . . . Some people say the hydrogen is not very mobile once the reaction starts up. What you have in the cathode is what there is. The hydrogen at the surface comes off, but most of the hydrogen in the bulk stays put. Obviously that is true in heat after death or with gas loading. Then again, McKubre says flux is important, so who knows. If Ed is right and the reaction occurs only at the surface, then there would be rapid exchange with hydrogen in the water. What I do not understand about that hypothesis is: Why is high loading important, in that case? - Jed
