In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 7 May 2014 23:18:00 -0400: Hi, [snip] ><[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.
If this were true, then the current could be turned off as soon as the reaction starts, and it wouldn't make any difference, since the suggestion is that the reaction is not dependent upon a feed of Hydrogen. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
