From: Bob Cook
A interesting experiment would be to run Rossi's reactor with selected Ni isotopes and note any differences in the energy output. It would not surprise me if this has not already been accomplished under the advice of Focardi to better understand the process. The hot cat may in fact use enriched Ni-?X isotope because of its superior reaction rate and/or need for a higher temperature to be self-sustaining. Bob, your are mostly correct but the devil is in the details. I was told by the source, and have no reason to doubt the information – that Rossi did purchase enriched isotope several years ago. The supplier is in the USA and it required several calls to discover this. The purchase happened before the time of the patent change and before the HotCat introduction. This detail is being mentioned now - because you are making the trip to Bologna, and can use it to find out more, or understand more - and also because the main issue is coming into closer focus. That issue would be the reality of non-fusion gain - gain which is still nuclear, but results in no gamma, and little transmutation. This isotope testing step, although obvious to anyone who thinks that the Rossi-effect involves nickel as the active element, raised my appreciation level of Rossi’s competence. It changed my comments on Vortex from generally negative to positive. And yes, I personally talked to the isotope supplier but they will remain unnamed, as per agreement. I was told off-the-record, that AR purchased one time - but that it was a significant dollar amount. This could mean several things. Any of these are possible, and no one knows which ones apply and which ones do not apply… other than AR. 1) The addition of isotope did not benefit the reaction, since there was no subsequent repurchase of isotope 2) The addition did make a difference but AR found a lower priced supplier 3) The addition did make a difference but the isotope is not consumed and is still being reused, even today 4) AR chose the wrong isotope to test, so the test was inconclusive 5) The addition did make a difference but AR found a alternative way to enrich in situ (surface layer) with the result that expensive pure isotope is not needed 6) The HotCat only uses the enriched isotope whereas the ECat does not need it. 7) There are other implications, since the information is incomplete. BTW – as to the addition of a beta emitter for Rossi – yes that has been known since before the first demo. Potassium 40 is a beta emitter, which means the addition of potassium in any form makes the fill slightly radioactive. 40K is only .012% of natural (120 ppm) so it is not highly radioactive, but there is enough local activity to start a reaction with the 1.3 MeV electron. Potassium was seen in the spectroscopy scans which were left in the first patent application (now removed). As for the most important issue, we have agreed-to-disagree on the major point: you think the reaction is fusion of a proton to copper, just as Focardi did - and I think it is something completely different - which is non-fusion, but still involves nuclear mass-to-energy conversion. That would be in the sense of spin-coupling of a ferromagnetic nucleus (or alternatively DDL or both) to magnons. Hopefully, you will come back from Bologna with a clearer understanding of the gainful reaction, and hopefully the TIP2 will come out this month as well. This could be the year of the breakthrough in understanding of the Ni-H reaction, and deuterium as well. Jones
