One detail worth adding...
Titanium is unique in Mills' CQM insofar as he has identified the parameters of catalysis. It has 3 potential Rydberg holes, but notably at IP2, the ionization happens at 13.58 eV. As a metal which is insoluble in water, the multiple atoms and valence electrons of titanium powder are en-meshed tightly - so that we can consider that there are two atoms of metal working as one site - as oxidation begins with water, which together can present a hole of 27.16. This makes it the best fit of any in the periodic table for the ideal Rydberg value of 27.2, so long as we allow pairs to supply the hole, and there is actually a good argument favoring pairs over single atoms. The problem is - that once oxidized, titanium is very difficult to reduce, which is necessary for reusing it; and it is too expensive of a single pass. That is why it appears at first glance that this device has little commercial chance of success. From: Orionworks - Steven Vincent Johnson That would suggest to me that a "triggered" portion of Titanium powder mixture would not be capable of oxidizing since the enclosure would be totally immersed within an inert gas mixture. That is not exactly the purpose of the argon (which is itself a catalyst). Titanium metal will develop a surface layer of titanium oxide that prevents chemical reactions. This occurs when it comes in contact with air, but also when it comes in contact with water. This reaction forms titanium oxide and hydrogen. Even if Mills does not acknowledge it, the titanium oxidizes by taking the oxygen from the water at the same time as a free hydrogen atoms drops into the energy "hole" created by that same reaction. Titanium, in effect, wants the "oxygen" much more than the water molecule wants it. And Mills does not want to impede this valuable theft by allowing oxygen in the air to supply the need reactant. Jones
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