Jones, VO,
C60 can be a superconductor -- even at room temperature if prepared in
accord with methods developed by Peter (Guomeng) Zhao, and an associate,
described in Patent Application WO 2004/015786 A2 and the U.S. parallel.
Mark
From: Jones Beene [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: The Bucky-Cal LENR Matrix
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 10:49:34 -0800
or... What happens when the C-60 fullerene inter-calcates... and absorbs
D2?
Mention has been made of some surprising correlations between high
temperature superconductivity and cold fusion. More on that later, but
assuming that there is some overlap, what is the best proton conductive
active membrane to use if one wishes to try to perform really cold fusion
(i.e. minus 154 F)?
The matrix in which LENR reactions can occur may end up being the
deciding factor as to whether the technology can be commercialized.
Consequently every promising avenue should be pursued, and many materials
have been mentioned.
Buckyballs (fullerenes or C-60) are a potential matrix for LENR, but C-60
is not superconductive by itself - should that factor be deemed to be
important.
Titanium or nickel might work, but some questions have arisen about their
ability to absorb D2 at high ratios and still retain structural integrity
at low temperatures, and there is no real evidence that either hydride is
superconductive at any temperature, unlike Pd.
Both Pd and palladium hydrides are superconductive at low temperature. Here
is a this known factoid, should CF ever make it to trivial pursuit status
- Laufer's Theory of superconductivity in palladium-noble-metal hydrides
actually preceded PF by three years ! Also it should be noted that *high
internal effective pressure* has the same entropy reducing properties as
cold temperature, but with Pd the loading ration must get to 1:1 before
this becomes a factor.
It is also relevant to note these other inter-related factoids, which are
surrounding the four seemingly unrelated technologies: LENR, HTSC,
bucky-balls, and calcium - and which might enter into the quest for a
better matrix for LENR - other than the expensive and rare palladium, and
assuming that neither Ti nor Ni perform well at cryogenic temps:
1) One of the best high-temperature (HTSC) materials yet found is (BISCO)
which contains calcium. It becomes superconductive near the range in which
a really cold CF cell is anticipated to be run.
2) Calcium in the periodic table is THE element with the highest atomic
mass in which p=n ... which is to say that the number of protons in the
nucleus is perfectly balanced by the number of neutrons. See 5) below.
3) In 1992, Superconductivity was discovered in calcium-doped C60
by Kortan, et al. at low temperature. The Ca metal atoms in a ratio of
about 4-1(or more) diffuse into tetrahedral interstitial sites of the C60
bucky ball but not into the central cavity, which could still accommodate
several D2 molecules.
4) Superconductivity arising between pairs of electrons (referred to as
Cooper pairs) is fairly well-know; but less well known is that
superconductivity is also realized in atomic nuclei, where a strong
correlation analogous to Cooper pairing arises. Are the two factors
interconnected (i.e. does nucleon superconductivity presage Cooper pairing?
And if so, is item 2) relevant to why calcium seems to be the best choice
for getting HTSC into C-60 ?
5) About 10 years ago two enigmatic engineers (Cooley and Bennett )
proposed to use fullerenes as a CF matrix. They tried to raise capital,
apparently with little success. Then the company seems to have disappeared
from the horizon (or moved to Oregon) without much in the way of reported
progress. The former web site seems to have been taken over by Chinese
video-gamers. Probably a bad sign, but did they even know about the
connection to HTSC? If they did not, that could have been their basis for
their problem. C-60 could be an ideal matrix BUT only if it can be made
superconductive.
Don't be surprised if Mark Goldes knows the answer
6) C-60 is commercially available, and will always be cheap and available
compared to Pd... plus, inter-calcating is relatively simple.
7) As an alternative to C-60, does an Ultraconductor (TM) have any
potential to absorb D2, or can C-60 be incorporated into an Ultraconductor
(TM) without destroying its properties ?
The unknown questions are:
1) will the inter-calcated C-60 material still absorb D2?
2) will the loaded and inter-calcated C-60 membrane be superconductive at
minus 154 F and most of all, will it be structurally sound ?
3) Of course, overriding this whole inquiry, is HTSC absolutely necessary
in the active area ?
Jones
