Thanks Jones. Regarding Mills and titanium fuel. Anyone have a sense the degree to which he has specially prepared the particles with water?
I'm wondering about a relatively low cost replication attempt with a cheap spot welder. http://www.ebay.com/itm/115V-Electric-Spot-Welder-Metal-Stud-Welding-Tool-Kit-1-8-Capacity-Copper-Motor-/350848798288?pt=BI_Welders&hash=item51b037ce50 It says 8KW in the specs with 2.5 V. So that would be 3200 amps. This would be ~1/6 the power input he is using. Best, Jack On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > Jack, > > > > Good find. It appears they have switched to TiMn2. In the earlier > literature, the penta-nickel alloy was mentioned. That would seem to change > expectations. It could still be worth the effort to try this in a low > powered experiment - since Cravens is getting good results using hydrofill. > > > > Titanium is a Mills catalyst, yet the attractive part of Lanthanum for > LENR seemed to the fact that when alloyed with nickel – protons only are > absorbed as a true hydride – yet with almost no binding energy. It is also > ferromagnetic. I’m not sure about TiMn2. > > > > With most of the other good hydrogen storage materials, H2 is absorbed as > a molecule not as a true hydride. Normally a true hydride has substantial > binding energy. Lanthanum also has nearly identical mass energy to the > Higgs Boson, but that is probably meaningless in this context. > > > > *From:* Jack Cole > > > > > > Hi Jones, > > > > I was looking into the hydrostik in more detail. It does not appear to be > based on LaNi5, but rather TiMn2. > > > > http://www.udomi.com/downloads/UserManualHydrostikv8.pdf > > > > Would this affect your thoughts on the possible experiment you suggested? > > > > Best, > > Jack > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:34 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > > For those who have not followed this closely – here is the HydroStik at > Amazon > > > http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=hydrostik&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=31836180062&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=911050133634104149&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=e&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_8lx5y0uvt7_eWhich > is loaded with LaNi5 – a good alloy for absorbing hydrogen. It looks like > it costs Dennis 25 bucks per sphere refill, since the cartridge is > sacrificed. > > > > Thanks, Bob – Do you know if he gets excess heat from H as well as D? > > You seem to be suggesting that the most heat (most desirable mix) comes > from a mix of H and D, is that correct? > > *From:* Bob Higgins > > I have moved west, and Dennis Cravens is just a couple miles away. I > visited him recently. In his lab he still has long term tests operating > with his spheres (of course, along with other experiments in progress). He > said that he charged a HydroStik and then froze it at dry ice temperature. > At this temp, the hydride is not releasing any hydrogen and he cut the > hydrostik open and added its contents to the sphere. Dennis produces his > own hydrogen using a PEM generator and frequently works with an H2/D2 mix > that he produces by filling his PEM generator with the desired mix of light > and heavy water. > > > > >
