The very fact that the Rossi process can ever got to 1600C indicated that the active nuclear areas in the catalyst survived to at least that temperature level. This indicates that the melting point of the catalyst was a few hundred degree C above that 1600C temperature. NiO melts at 2000C.
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 4:03 AM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > “Where did you see this is 316L?” > > > > Rossi said that this type of stainless steel is used in the reaction > vessel. > > > > It is helpful to memorize as well as possible all the tid-bits that Rossi > provides because their correlation in their totality greatly restricts what > materials and processes are operative in his reactor. > > > > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 11:27 PM, 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 >> >> >
