--- Terry Blanton wrote: > I wonder if there was anything special about the carbon? This list has speculated that fusion could occur within C60
Terry, you are becoming quite perceptive in your old age ;-) For one thing specifically- it would be interesting to know if Mizuno used C-60 in the context of Arata -- i.e. Arata's implied finding that very high loading is effective for "unpowered fusion" (i.e. really cold CF). He mentions a loading of 4:1 is benficial for Pd. Consequently, getting four atoms of D together in a single vacancy of a better matrix geometry, at the same time, could be one key which not only verifies but improves Arata's palladium dust. Why would that 4-atom loading favor C-60? Possibly because of that inner spatial geometry and the inertness. In fact it appears that other forms of carbon, including graphite, have worked unpredictably in the past(Les Case for instance). Is that because they are simply too reactive with hydrogen to routinely accept this kind of non-covalent hydriding? C-60 in contrast is almost as inert as diamond. IOW 2 molecules of deuterium or four atoms individually might fit within the almost spherical confines of the inert "buckyball" without covalent linking to the matrix (i.e. the carbon). Jones
