Hello group,
A detailed and quite long (even too much to post here completely)
english article on Rossi's Energy Catalyzer has been posted today on Ny
Teknik. Here's its summary:
"In a detailed report, two Swedish physicists exclude chemical reactions
as the energy source in the Italian ‘energy catalyzer’. The two
physicists recently supervised a new test of the device in Bologna, Italy."
http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/energi_miljo/energi/article3144827.ece
It's actually a two part article. The second part should prove quite
interesting and revealing. I'll copy and paste that here, but be sure to
check out the rest in the link above as well:
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Analyses of the nickel powder used in Rossi’s energy catalyzer show that
a large amount of copper is formed. Sven Kullander considers this to be
evidence of a nuclear reaction.
For copper to be formed out of nickel, the nucleus of nickel has to
capture a proton. The fact that this possibly occurs in Rossi’s reactor
is why the concept of cold fusion has been mentioned – it would consist
of fusion between nuclei of nickel and hydrogen.
A term that many consider to be more accurate, however, is LENR, Low
Energy Nuclear Reaction.
Ny Teknik: For how long has the powder supposedly been used in the process?
Kullander: The powder has reportedly been used for 2.5 months
continuously with an output of 10 kW (according to Rossi). It
corresponds to a total energy of 18 MWh, with a consumption of up to 100
grams of nickel and two grams of hydrogen. If the production had been
done with oil, two tons of oil would have been required.
Ny Teknik: What analyses have you done on the powders?
Kullander: Element analysis and isotopic analysis. At the Ångström
Laboratory in Uppsala, Sweden, element analysis has been made using
X-ray Fluorescence (XRFS). Dr. Erik Lindahl undertook the investigation.
At the Biomedical Center in Uppsala, both element analysis and isotope
analysis has been done through Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass
Spectrometry (ICP-MS). Associate Professor Jean Pettersson has made the
measurement.
Ny Teknik: What results have you obtained from the analyses?
Kullander: Both measurements show that the pure nickel powder contains
mainly nickel, and the used powder is different in that several elements
are present, mainly 10 percent copper and 11 percent iron. The isotopic
analysis through ICP-MS doesn’t show any deviation from the natural
isotopic composition of nickel and copper.
Ny Teknik: How do you interpret the results?
Kullander: Provided that copper is not one of the additives used as
catalyst, the copper isotopes 63 and 65 can only have been formed during
the process. Their presence is therefore a proof that nuclear reactions
took place in the process. However, it’s remarkable that nickel-58 and
hydrogen can form copper-63 (70%) and copper-65 (30%). This means that
in the process, the original nickel-58 should have grown by five and
seven atomic mass-units, respectively, during the nuclear transmutation.
However, there are two stable isotopes of nickel with low concentration,
nickel-62 and nickel-64, which could conceivably contribute to copper
production. According to Rossi copper is not among the additives. 100
grams of nickel had been used during 2.5 months of continuous heating
with 10 kW output power. A straightforward calculation shows that a
large proportion of the nickel must have been consumed if it was
‘burned’ in a nuclear process. It’s then somewhat strange that the
isotopic composition doesn’t differ from the natural.
Ny Teknik: What further analyses are you planning?
Kullander: We have not planned anything definite. If it’s possible to
refine the isotopic measurements, further isotopic measurements would be
important mainly to get a better accuracy in the field of 60 to 65
atomic mass units. We have also discussed with Rossi installing an
energy catalyzer at a laboratory in Uppsala to perform more detailed
measurements. These could be part of a scientific collaboration with the
Bologna University.
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Furthermore, for those interested (I know there are many italian readers
following this mailing list) The whole Ny Teknik article has been
translated by Daniele Passerini on his 22Passi blog, here:
http://22passi.blogspot.com/2011/04/i-fisici-svedesi-sulle-cat-e-una.html
Cheers,
S.A.
