Bob etal-- I have been a fan of Focardi since about that interview. He was an honest scientist. He had many friends that seemed to respect his expertise. I found the interview interesting. I did not know that he had been saved from a-too-early cancer death. It is interesting that he did not want to know the identify of the the catalyst Rossi selected. I agree with Eric that in may have been a low work function for the H in the compound enlisted as the catalyst. Maybe something like Zr-hydride (I do not know the work function of H for this compound. I know that Zr-hydrogen reaction is exothermic at about 950 degrees F.) Maybe even Ni-H5 as a hydride would work. I still think that the magnetic properties of the catalyst may be important in getting the H to fuse with the Ni-62 and potentially other Ni isotopes in the Ni nano powder fuel. Thus a low work function metal hydride with good magnetic properties would be ideal.
Thanks for that reference. Bob Cook ----- Original Message ----- From: Eric Walker To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 01, 2014 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:LENR <-> dark mater <-> DDL connection-- On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> wrote: Well, supper's done and I found the reference I was looking for ... a.. "A radio interview with Sergio Focardi, the father of 'Ni-H Cold Fusion'"; Radio Citta del Capo - Bologna - Italy. Excellent sources, Bob. I enjoyed reading all of them. Hopefully they will put to rest once and for all the question of whether Rossi and Focardi have or have not seen gammas. It is obviously not a response to reply that they haven't reported gammas in recent descriptions. In a different connection, there was this interesting tidbit from the interview concerning the catalyst used in the E-Cat: And the purpose of this secret compound is, I believe, to facilitate the formation of atomic hydrogen instead of molecular hydrogen, because hydrogen typically settles down in molecules, but if one has a molecule, it can not penetrate into the nucleus. So I think the additive is used to this purpose: it forms atomic hydrogen, which penetrates into the nucleus. This is yet another hint strengthening my suspicion that the catalyst is a material with a low work function. Eric
