In reply to Terry Blanton's message of Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:11:33 -0500: Hi, [snip] >On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > >> After all we vorticians are not only pro bono but de Bono > >You too? or Edward R? > >It would seem to me that the hydrogen molecule must first be >dissociated before being robbed of it's atom's electron by Ni. Could >this catalyst assist in dissociation? If so, could it be Pd? If not >dissociation, what is the function of the catalyst? Some intermediate >energy state a la Mills? That doesn't seem right since we are trying >to ionize the hydrogen.
Who says you are trying to ionize the Hydrogen? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
