a catalyst is destroyed NOT by melting- but by the destruction of the active sites- and this takes place before melting, at a lower temperature.
As I told, Rossi's words have to be judged with care, between truth(s) and lie(s) it is a grey area- we need a "ROSSI-SPEECH" to ENGLISH (and/or ITALIAN) DICTIONARY. Other- I will ask Prof. Piantelli what's the meaning/aim of the D2 bottle in his patent. peter On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:27 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 316L stainless steel, the material that the reaction vessel is composed of >> melts at 1400C. > > > It does seem that most stainless steel melts around this temperature. Where > did you see this is 316L? > > Maybe Rossi is quoting the maximum theoretical limit for the Ni catalyst, > rather than an actual observation he has made. > > Copper melts at 1084 deg C. > > - Jed > > -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
