Bob Higgins <rj.bob.higg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> In Mizuno's paper, he describes the deposition the preparation of the Ni > and the Pd with a good deal of text, but in the final part of the > preparation (page 8, figure 10) he describes heating the ceramic heater > wrapped in Pd wire to 700-800°C for 10-20 hours to deposit Pd on the Ni > surface. > That was the previous method. I do not think it ended up depositing much Pd on the Ni. Or, I should say I think it ended up depositing Pd all over the place. In Appendix A he describes two newer methods, in step 3: Rub the surface with pure palladium. The palladium will adhere to the mesh. Alternatively, the palladium can be plated onto the mesh (plating solution: Tanaka, Inc., PDMO2LB). This is the key step. In an industrial process, a similar material might be fabricated by some other method such as Nano-sintering. Anyway, I will ask him about this. - Jed
