Horace Heffner wrote:
> Codeposition electrolysis using a weak carbolic acid, i.e. phenol, an > aromatic ring with attached OH, or oher organic compound, combined with > Li2SO4 and heavy water to form the electrolyte, and a Pd anode, may form on > the cathode surface a volume which supports a larger than typical nuclear > active state (NAS) zone as Ed Storms calls it [See "The Nature of > Energy-Active State in Pd-D", Published in Infinite Energy #5,6 (1996)]. > Ed's research shows the NAS to be located to within a zone about a micron > in depth beneath the cathode surface, and that the active (successful) Pd > cathodes tend not to expand when loaded. The Pd expands when loaded. This can not be stopped. However, this expansion does not produce cracking. > > > The addition of carbon rings or even fullerenes to the matrix has a two > fold objective. First, the carbon is intended to strengthen or harden the > matrix by the addition of covalent bonds. Second, the presence of carbon > rings or fullerenes in the matrix provides deformities in the matrix which > allow the formation of D2 molecules under high pressure. In an ideal > matrix the deformities adjacent to carbon molecules must tend not to > initiate cracks in the matrix that release the hydrogen. > > In order that a high carbon content be obtained, perhaps Pd is not the best > cathode material. Alloys that would not ordinarily permit sufficient > hydrogen diffusion may be good NAS candidates if a sufficient deformity > density can be obtained concurrent with the hydrogen codeposition. A final > surface layer of Pd might be added though in order to facilitate hydrogen > adsorbtion and to maintain cathode life. This is what I find. Pt is an ideal substrate on which to deposit the NAE. I expect other metals might work once we understand the nature of the NAE. > > > Fullerenes inside the matrix may form nano-Case-cells, or a nano version of > a hollow cathode cell. > > The objective of the suggested approach is converting a surface effect into > a reliable bulk effect. Additionally, creation of a high volume (bulk CF) > zone should increase the probability or density of active sites. > Stimulation or control of bulk effect CF may require the use of x-rays in > order to produce within the bulk a high density of energetic free electrons > that catalyse the fusion. I suggest a distinction needs to be made between a bulk effect and an effect based on a large amount of the NAE. Once the NAE is understood, it will be made as a powder or deposited on a heat sink, which is simply exposed D2 to become a source of heat. Regards, Ed > > > Regards, > > Horace Heffner
