http://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=803
Zirconium oxide is isoelectronic with palladium. Dr. Will Castleman and his team have discovered clusters of atoms that mimic some of the properties of other elements. Called "superatoms," these clusters of atoms behave like a single "superatom" of a different species, and they may have implications as significant as the alchemists' search for gold. Superatom clusters could serve as building blocks for new materials that are cheaper and more effective than materials currently being used as catalysts in chemical processing, and in the catalytic converters of automobiles. They may even have potential as new sources of energy. On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > You may remember this story from last year. > > http://www.21stcentech.com/energy-update-lenr-no-commercial-product/ > > Miley's zirconia reactor came to mind since Bob mentioned zirconia at the > same time I was writing a piece on perovskites. Zirconia can be found in > the > perovskite structure, even by accident. > > The perovskite crystal structure is found in many exotic materials in > modern > technology, including high temperature superconductors, magnetic data > components with colossal magnetoresistance, ferroelectrics, catalysts, > solar > cells, ferrite magnets, lasers, ultracapacitors, piezoelectrics, remarkably > fluorescent materials, and more. Wow - these are all perovskites. > > The fact that these properties can range from extreme conductivity > (superconductor) to extreme dielectric (barium titanate) make this material > most unusual - and most challenging to utilize since small changes make > large differences. > > The reason that perovskites may be an ideal structure for LENR relates to > extreme fluorescence and photon coherence. The intersection of those with > SPP is probably the key to the HotCat. > > Jones > >
