There a few things I noticed in this. First is that Rossi's powder appears to be less actively thermochemically processed than what I have first used - I.E it seems more lightly thermochemically processed.
The second observation is that the reactor is not very "clean". There appears to be no means to evacuate this reactor after the powder is added to remove the air and water vapor. The powder is basically added and then it is glued shut with a refractory cement. [Refractory cements seal by going through a glass and then a ceramic phase as they are heated.] So it appears that the air and water are not poisons for the reaction. The third observation is that the new reactor is alumina ceramic. This will allow more of the "RF" to go through. If the reaction was creating RF fields, you would definitely measure them on the outside. Further the resistors are now closer to the fuel. RF excitation may simply be the switching transients of the triacs controlling the heat. When triacs are switched ON not at zero crossings, the switch is fast and can generate a lot of harmonics. Rossi seems to have optimized the ability for these harmonics (primarily <5kHz evanescent magnetic fields) to help excite his reaction. Yet, since there is mention that the reaction will continue in the OFF mode (but they didn't use that), it is clear that these excitations are not required to sustain the reaction. Bob Higgins On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:34 AM, Foks0904 . <[email protected]> wrote: > What does that indicate about the reaction to you Bob? > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Bob Higgins <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> The report cites the fuel as a combination of LiAlH4 and Ni + Fe. It >> appears the Ni is treated with an Fe catalyst as I surmised - this is the >> powder I have been working with. The LiAlH4 means that Rossi is using a >> hydride supplying only H2 and not D. >> >> Bob Higgins >> >> >
