Craig Haynie <[email protected]> wrote:
> I assume that Rossi simply put more than enough fuel into the cell to > accommodate a 35 day test, at whatever power level was chosen. That would be sensible. This may have nothing to do with the near total transmutation of the nickel. Still, if Ni transmutation is supplying much of the heat . . . then I suppose it might have been on the verge of petering out. That is also the impression you get from the question and answer: Q: It seems that in the ITP test the content of 58Ni was reduced almost to zero after one month of operation. That leads to a conclusion that maybe some route of conversion of 58Ni to 62Ni may be a significant source of the energy relaeased. But if the E-cat can function for as much as six times longer than the 32 days of the ITP test, then that cannot be right because there would not be any 58Ni available for the next five months. A: the charge had been made for a 35 days test. This is the test duration agreed upon when the experiment has been started It sounds like he calibrated it to run out. What a strange thing to do! - Jed
