I must have produce 500 posts identifying an alkali metal as the Rossi secret catalyst and even better, I provided the theory behind that recommendation. Lithium is a simplistic conclusion to draw from the Rossi TPT results.
The alkali metal selected must match the operational temperature of the reactor. The options are cesium, potassium and lithium. ============================================================ Some old posts Lithium is another secret sauce candidate. From your reference, LiH decomposes at 1,000C. The "Mouse" must attain a minimum temperature that reaches at least 1,000C. After the heat pulse of the mouse, then lithium, hydrogen, and LiH dust particles would have been produced at the termination of the "Mouse's" heat pulse. *Potassium hydride*, KH, is the inorganic compound of potassium and hydride. It is a white solid, although commercial samples appear gray. As a secret sauce, potassium hydride operates at a lower temperature than LiH. KH decomposes at 400C. The “mouse” must only attain a minimum temperature that reaches at least 400C. Rossi said that he tried various chemical combinations of his secret sauce and used the one that worked best. Now that he is using a hydride to provide hydrogen to his system, if you knew the minimum startup temperature of his reactor, you could use that value to find deduce the correct hydride secret sauce that he is now using. The hydrogen release temperature is the major pacing factor now in secret sauce performance. ========================================================= In order to make a convenient commercial product, a hydride compound that sublimates (releases hydrogen) when the temperature is increased is required. This hydrogen production mechanism need not be located in the mouse. I believe that the job of the mouse is to produce nano-particles as a product of heat it produces beyond the melting point of an alkali metal (most probably potassium). The nuclear active sites that these nanoparticles produce through amalgamation will degrade over time due to nuclear activity and must periodically be rebuilt by a reapplication of high temperature heat. When the temperature of the E-Cat gets above a set temperature, other high temperature nano-particle processes take over and control is lost. By the way adding to the list of candidates, lithium hydride is another candidate that will produce uncontrolled high temperature nanoparticle reactions. Normally, there is little oxygen present in the Rossi reactor because oxygen will produce uncontrollable and chaotic LENR activity inside of the nuclear active sites. --------------------------------------------- Rossi has replaced the hydrogen tank that originally supplied his reactor with one or more hydride compounds. When heated, these compounds will release hydrogen in proportion to the applied heat. I speculate these compounds will also provide the catalytic effect needed to build large Rydberg matter based nanoparticles. For example, lithium hydride or potassium hydride would support the catalytic function. Rossi may be killing two birds with one stone; Any Alkali Metal hydride compound would do the catalytic job as well as filling the reactor with hydrogen. On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 1:02 PM, H Veeder <[email protected]> wrote: > From the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project facebook page: > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Is this the catalyst? > > As we reported in a previous Facebook post, we know for a fact that Pons > and Fleischmann had a key Lithium compound in their lab, but that is not > all the data points that have encouraged us to think that Lithium is > important in apparent high-yield LENR. We also know that it was being > proposed openly in 2001 alongside Ni+H and AL2O3. > > On December the 14th 2012, team member Bob Greenyer experienced something > that has haunted him ever since... after making a presentation in Rome, > announcing the MFMPs first seemingly positive result by Mathieu Valat with > Celani wire in France: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-eKgEVY868&list=UUEy09JW5XAd95JmknU1JOeQ > <https://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DH-eKgEVY868%26list%3DUUEy09JW5XAd95JmknU1JOeQ&h=qAQF4uy3v&enc=AZNboU243icfPambK44v1N0-ZQypgpGtUGkmUMuUfdeAEVf1wG8zbKeOxQicDLiu8gh7gbIgU-SNf8ypY0bDDenZ8w3fB64feoRpOrDgbbbP2IJCZB1p-cBG_e86Hph9c2amf0nqNlmtHbqNAWLCrSrk&s=1> > > As Bob left the meeting room, just a few paces out of the door, a guy > approached him quickly from behind and without introduction said something > and then walked off. In Bob's own words: > > "when I presented in Rome in December 2012, someone came up to me and gave > me a nudge and a wink and said I should add an alkali metal, I said did he > mean something like Lithium and he would neither confirm or deny." > > The man might have been from the military since the presentation was in a > services facility. > > Moving to early 2014 > > Well before this report was published, Piantelli made an addition to his > granted patent citing that Lithium was the best way to enhance the effect > in a Ni+H thermally excited gas phase system. > > http://www.google.com/patents/US20140098917 > <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fpatents%2FUS20140098917&h=HAQFKYeBC&enc=AZOdm4MsoU_CBjNS_sNzTQC_ZWdYymyDMittunqbXOwBk8yA6FapC_KJhyzO6v7uU4gn5Qpm-9yrZNlzoDiOXtTB23c9p-ae1kr9u7bwCiqfwRP3gCzFOINUQAgY1Xtg9_cQo-gjQYwGXNj0ML4bi0vr&s=1> > > In light of the "mysterious guy" and the publication of Piantellis patent > addition, the MFMP was inspired to look at previous experiments and it was > noted that Quartz cell in the US did not produce any apparent excess heat, > nor did SKINNERS cells that were in steel, when the Borosilicate glass used > by Mathieu appeared to... could it be the Boron content that was critical, > since Piantelli notes that Boron enhances the effect also - but to a lesser > degree. > > Then we found out that Borosilicate can have Lithium Carbonate added - up > to 5%!, was Celani or Mathieu using that type? > > http://www.madehow.com/Volume-7/Pyrex.html > <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.madehow.com%2FVolume-7%2FPyrex.html&h=LAQFabtV4&enc=AZOrmfulqyvZne4j6ZdSmFxUNtiABo5jUe8aSlX1K9bT_xky7CGv2O_QoQyvjD-0ucqQ9LgO3UmPvFs1lWQKgDP9V6tNm9s4Zxzs8cL2RTmpD4nbTAYMkKRgV2ONLjZKY9w9AF0q4NrynNAy5P5zSs9s&s=1> > > Anyhow - that set us on a determined path to include Lithium compounds in > future research, after we had first, fully tested without. > > Then we found that Celani was using Lepidolite - a mineral mica from a > very old manufacturer - one of the main sources of Lithium - to support his > wires in his cells. Commercial mica today generally comes from non lithium > baring mica sources. This might have explained his slightly higher apparent > excess. > > Then we found out that Celani was getting higher apparent excess by having > fine borosilicate/mica strapped next to his wires. > > We were also aware of the chemo-nuclear work of Hideotsugo Ikegami and his > use of Lithium. > > And Bob Higgins then noted > > "Li2SO4 was an ingredient to the electrolyte in the Patterson cell to make > the water conductive." > > Added weight came from an article written for e-cat world, Rick Allen > which noted > > "There are additional bits of information that point toward the > possibility that lithium is utilized. One interesting fact is that .4% > lithium was found in the used “charge” that Rossi supplied to Sven > Kullander for analysis. In an unused sample, no lithium was present. There > are two possibilities here. One is that the lithium was a transmutation > product. The second is that the unused charge was never in a reactor so it > did not contain lithium. I propose the hypothesis that the lithium is added > separately to the nickel powder (perhaps by coating the walls of the > reactor) and that when a high temperature is reached the lithium melts and > mixes with the nickel powder. In current systems, there may be both lithium > on the walls of the reactor and a tablet of lithium hydride." > > You can read the rest of the article here: > > > http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/04/26/lithium-the-case-for-an-e-cat-catalyst-guest-post/ > <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F2014%2F04%2F26%2Flithium-the-case-for-an-e-cat-catalyst-guest-post%2F&h=wAQFcYomB&enc=AZNK4u8sKyzmyGpfGG0HNnxV8jk7mMUQ3Sa1LiIPZSe1C-X_d85kLe_1-PiyvhUbWbPuFVmrhqlxHrgp5kFtfwC0ZdxywwbSFvEQnRE4KGmpT7qEtfbU_r4zwlC99RPfKRxaxc21GM1_c4uJ0jMWYWDI&s=1> > > And the kicker! > > Could removing Lithium from the fuel, or more likely, not actually > including it, be what Rossi was referring to when he recently said: > > "AND I GAVE A SAMPLE FROM WHICH THE COMPONENTS, THAT AT THOSE TIMES WERE > NOT DISCLOSABLE, HAD BEEN EXTRACTED, BECAUSE NOT YET PATENTED. I CLEARLY > WARNED PROF. KULLANDER OF THAT. SO WE ALL KNEW THAT TOSE ANALYSIS COULD NOT > BE TAKEN AS COMPLETE, " > > Here : > http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/10/11/rossi-responds-to-swedish-professors-critical-of-e-cat-report/ > <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.e-catworld.com%2F2014%2F10%2F11%2Frossi-responds-to-swedish-professors-critical-of-e-cat-report%2F&h=FAQH1bONd&enc=AZPIbvb5RsTshp9yOITB1-3DtcYwOS-MR3cXyKuEi7eSWxr_VpSe5Jw4ekot5k7PsJZa7vpkaecrUGN0CQLecvB6H6RskdUSe6ThWEybEwOwmV5HXBd23M--RPIn1eyXpIQeqJPMzhthbjw7d-Y8TTYN&s=1> > > Of course, it would be far harder to remove Lithium from the ash, and less > important that it was done as there could be many hypothesis that it was in > there. > > So, what do you think - is Lithium the Catalyst? > > Or could it be Al2O3? > > Maybe one is the cat, the other the mouse. Regardless, both were openly > proposed in 2001. > >
