Well, this could be true, but we have no evidence that it was an advantage since there has been no report of XH from LockTherm. Better to compare experiments that show XH, and that is a really small group.
It would be interesting to have an SEM of their heated pill. Since they appear to be a "company", they may have no interest in sharing. Of course, MFMP can always replicate that - it is simple to do. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Roarty, Francis X < francis.x.roa...@lmco.com> wrote: > Bob, > > One advantage not mentioned was on geometry, nature opposes > construction of Casimir geometry in bulk powders and skeletal cats… this > method is far easier than leaching aluminum out of a nickel alloy or > counting on stiction forces to maintain the powder in bulk form .. It > should increase the catalytic properties of the powders by packing the > individual grains closer together and making the geometry between grains > smaller. IMHO a more robust dynamic tapestry of smaller geometries is > better than loosely packed larger geometries. > > Regards > > Fran > > > > *From:* Bob Higgins [mailto:rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Monday, March 09, 2015 12:34 PM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Seeing the Light > > > > The LockTherm testing is certainly interesting, but it is not clear to me > that it has any advantage over Parkhomov. I have seen no additional > videos, nor have I heard that they achieved excess heat. > > > > An interesting phase of this whole Parkhomov/Rossi fuel is what is > happening in the 700-1100ºC range. By 700ºC, both aluminum and LiH are > melted. LiH is an ionic hydride with the hydrogen as an H- anion. At > temps of 900-1000ºC, the LiH is reported to dissociate. However, high > ambient H2 pressure may keep the LiH from dissociating until higher > temperatures. I think the high temperature molten LiH + Al in contact with > the Ni is a very interesting place to find LENR. > > > > However, in the LockTherm case with only 5 bar of H2, the lower pressure > may allow the dissociation of the LiH in the 900ºC range, and the > opportunity for LENR may not exist until the temp reaches 700ºC where the > LiH and AL have melted. This would perhaps leave a lesser, narrower temp > range where LENR could occur with their use of only 5 bar of H2 pressure. > >
