“I think we have to assume it is another gas or becomes gaseous with heating.”
I have always believed that the proprietary catalyst under discussion here transforms the hydrogen in the reaction envelope to some exotic hydrogen form; specifically Rydberg matter. This catalyst need not be gaseous but it would emit some crystalline forms of Rydberg matter. For example a carbide of an alkali metal will emit Rydberg matter when heated; this is true for such compounds containing such elements as potassium or cesium. The six month recharge timeframe for the Rossi reactor could well be the depletion or burnout timeframe for such an alkali compound. Furthermore, in just the last few weeks, Rydberg two atom molecules of alkali metal have been found to possess a strong dipole moment contrary to current scientific doctrinaire. Such dipole behavior will do wonders at overcoming the coulomb barrier as has been discussed at great length on this forum in the recent past. Also remember this valuable post by Mark Iverson-ZeroPoint as copied in part below. Excited atoms spin out of equilibrium http://physics.aps.org/pdf/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.031402.pdf "What makes the setting different from traditional experiments with cold atoms, and therefore particularly interesting, is the use of atoms in highly excited states—so-called Rydberg states [4]. An alkali-metal atom, with its single active electron, shares many properties with the hydrogen atom. Excited states form a Rydberg series whose states can be labeled, just like in hydrogen, by the principal quantum number n. Interesting physics emerges in the presence of more than one Rydberg atom, as the large distance between the nucleus and the valence electron renders these atoms into electric dipoles. Depending on the particular Rydberg state, the interaction between two such atoms is then either determined by a van der Waals or a dipole-dipole potential. The authors consider the former potential, which is, in principle, also present between ground-state atoms. The striking difference, however, is that the interaction between atoms in Rydberg states is enhanced by a factor of up to n^11. For values of the principal quantum number typically used in experiments, n=40…80, this means an increase of 10 orders of magnitude, i.e., the interaction affects even atoms that are separated by several micrometers. This is in contrast to the contact potential usually present between ground-state atoms. In the most extreme case, interaction-induced level shifts are so huge that a simultaneous excitation of two nearby atoms to Rydberg states is virtually impossible [for an illustration see Fig. 1(a)]. This so-called Rydberg blockade mechanism [5] lies behind a number of exciting phenomena that make Rydberg atoms useful for applications ranging from quantum information processing and quantum simulation to nonlinear quantum optics and ultracold chemistry." On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Roarty, Francis X < [email protected]> wrote: > "proprietary catalysts involved in reaction chamber" seems to imply the > proprietary additive pervades the entire reaction chamber rather than just > the powder. Mixing with the pressurized h2 I think we have to assume it is > another gas or becomes gaseous with heating.**** > > Fran**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jed Rothwell [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:03 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Makup of Ni powder in Hyperion**** > > ** ** > > Robert Lynn <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > ** ** > > And importantly: "proprietary catalysts involved in reaction chamber"**** > > ** ** > > Oh yeah. Not sure what that means. I guess it means the raw material is > mostly Ni and they add proprietary catalysts -- whatever that means. In > other words, this does not tell us anything.**** > > ** ** > > Well, at least we know the purity of the starting Ni material.**** > > ** ** > > - Jed**** > > ** ** >
