Nickel alone is not very well suited to work in cold fusion.
Advanced SO(4) physics modelling (for current setups) did show that only
a few side reaction can deliver a reasonable amount of energy (about
2MeV/Ni) what also was measured by Parkhomov's long time run.
We did elaborate some enhancement paths for the Ni-H fusion but it is
not our current research focus. If others want to try - what needs some
serious funding - we can teach.
In general cold fusion with Deuterium is much easier to do and this path
is more or less fully understood (I documented some basics on
researchgate
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356972251_A_new_experimental_path_to_nucleosynthesis?_sg%5B1%5D=).
The entry point for deep material /D2 research is about 200k $ just for
material. We started with preparation in August 2021 and the material
will be ready around June 2022.
We could use some support from people with a deep background in electro
chemistry/physics of thin surfaces.
My target always is to publish all important methods before trolls can
patent them as I already did with the 2017 (now open) patent that covers
most basic CF stuff.
J.W.
On 19.03.2022 00:57, Jones Beene wrote:
The fact that Celani had demonstrated modest but well-publicized
positive results a decade ago - using an alloy of copper and nickel as
catalyst is probably important in understanding what is going on today
with the Clean Planet technology.
Clean Planet apparently used that information from Celani to optimize
and boost whatever thermal gain reaction is happening. Trial and error
- not theory. Very Edisonian approach.
They merely improved what had already been demonstrated as possible -
and it could have been simply luck and persistence - instead of having
a correct understand of the real mechanism, which still eludes us.
It is possible that even better results could now be engineered with
additional layers maybe even including Pd or Au - we do not know what
trials CP have done to get this far - and have discarded along the way,
IOW by starting with a small gain and modifying the structural
options - this time by using thin alternating layers of copper and
nickel as your catalyst - instead of an alloy (a mix) - they are able
to turn an interesting but minimal reaction and anomaly into what we
hope is leading to a commercial product.
Robin wrote
I find the necessity of combining Cu & Ni somewhat puzzling, though
some neutron exchange mechanism mediated by Hydrogen
might make sense. I wonder if it works with either Ni or Cu alone?
Using alternating very thin sheets implies that's it's a surface
phenomenon, that occurs where the two different metals
come into contact with one another.
> It looks to me like the Clean Planet group of Japan is the closest
to getting an actual device to market.
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