This is not Mark Gibbs' site but an aluminum mineral which may be relevant to this discussion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbsite
Gibbsite is Al(OH)3 is one of the minerals found in bauxite. Unlike other hydroxides, it is stable at high temperature. We are told that in the Rossi reactor hydrogen is admitted in the form of LiAlH4. In that case, about 12% of the weight of that compound is hydrogen. We are told elsewhere that Lithium accounts for 1 percent of the total fuel mix. The density of Al is about 2.7 g/cc and lithium is .53 g/cc. or about 5 times less than the Al so that in the total mix, here is what we have to work with, roughly. Lithium - 0.01 grams Aluminum 0.05 grams Hydrogen 0.006 grams We are also told that the fuel powder is put into a cavity filled with air and not evacuated, so it is clear that as soon as the 6 milligrams of hydrogen is released from the carrier, it will oxidize to steam, and then as the temperature rises, and the steam pyrolizes at 1200 C, we will end-up preferentially with a stable hydroxide. That would be Gibbsite, perhaps. Is there a better scenario? At any rate this does not seem to be a hydrogen reactor. Since no radioactive debris is seen in the ash, it may not be a nuclear reactor either, but for certain 6 milligrams of hydrogen is unlikely to provide over a MWhr of heat. If every single atom converted in the Alain's version of the "hydrotron" reaction we would be left out in the cold by a factor of 10 times too little heat. Jones
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