Hi all Have not read the whole thread yet; might it be that the forces involved cause the Hydrogen to get sucked/pushed away from the surface into the bulk of the hydrate in preference to starting the reaction and that in the case of bulk materials the reaction only takes place when the bulk of material is full to over flowing on to the surface or in to the cracks or whiskers that form the NAE?
Kind Regards walker On 8 May 2014 05:13, Eric Walker <eric.wal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:18 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: > > 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? >> > > Another possibility about the role of high loading -- it's useful in PdD > cold fusion because it results in a prolonged release of hydrogen to the > surface. Palladium interacts with hydrogen/deuterium differently than > nickel does with hydrogen. In particular, hydrogen and deuterium are more > soluble in palladium than nickel, if I remember correctly. > > Eric > >
