In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 29 Nov 2018 13:33:56 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Here is a new paper: > >Kitamura, A., et al., *Excess heat evolution from nanocomposite samples >under exposure to hydrogen isotope gases.* Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, 2018. >*43*(33): p. 16187-16200 > >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319918320925
What's the bet that the best metal has a work function of 27.196/n eV, where n is some whole number, the smaller the better? Couple of examples of elements for n=6 (i.e. 4.533 eV):- Mo, Ag, Cu, Sb, W (See https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=2ahUKEwiE1Om7z_reAhUUY48KHRcPBhwQFjADegQIChAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.wsu.edu%2F~pchemlab%2Fdocuments%2FWork-functionvalues.pdf&usg=AOvVaw12wvTBAwujb59CHaO2BHai ) Alloys have different work functions. (F(NixCr1-x) = x*F(Ni)+(1-x)* F(Cr) apparently works well. (See comment by Mohamed Akbi @ https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_work_function_of_NiCr) It should thus be possible to calculate "perfect" alloys. (Left as an exercise for the reader. ;) Note that this is a catalysis method that Mills hasn't thought of yet AFAIK. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk local asymmetry = temporary success
