On May 29, 2009, at 3:14 PM, [email protected] wrote:
In reply to Horace Heffner's message of Fri, 29 May 2009 01:43:54
-0800:
Hi,
Sorry about previous email, clicked on the wrong button.
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Unfortunately, Nitinol is subject to hydrogen embrittlement. Here is
an interesting solution:
http://www.finishing.com/381/17.shtml
"It was found some years ago that hydrogen embrittlement could be
alleviated by ion implanting the surface with platinum. The
embrittlement comes from atomic hydrogen diffusing into the surface,
not molecular hydrogen. Platinum acts as a catalyst, accelerating the
recombination of atomic hydrogen into molecular hydrogen.
It seems to me that this rather defeats the purpose. The whole
purpose of the
cathode is to create *atomic* hydrogen. It's the atoms that are
needed for the
fusion process, not the molecules.
That is why I *explicitly* stated in that regard "Unfortunately,
hydrogen in molecular form has little prospect for fusion."
I would also note that adsorbed hydrogen is in an *ionic* state, not
an atomic state. The diffusing hydrogen nuclei are principally
ionically bound to conduction band electrons. Atomic hydrogen has a
much larger radius than molecular hydrogen.
Molecular hydrogen plus atomic hydrogen may catalyze hydrinos, so
ionic hydrogen driven through such a layer could constitute a hydrino
factory. Once formed, hydrinos should diffuse through the lattice
rapidly. Other catalysts (than Pd) might be of similar use as well,
but with improved characteristics. It has already been shown that
driving hydrogen through layers of material (e.g. CaO) within Pd
causes transmutation. The point of my post is merely that it is
reasonable to investigate other than pure elemental lattices, like
Pd, Ni, Al, and Ti, for supporting transmutation layers, and
superelastic metals provide a sensible place to begin a search due to
their favorable characteristics. The subject also handily relates to
the "Roswell Debris Confirmed" thread.
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Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
