Some ideas for catalyst searches seem in order at this point.
Back in the 1950's, when I was a kid, and long before Buckyballs were
discovered, I used a high voltage neon sign transformer discharge
under carbon tetrachloride to create very chunky and hard (for
carbon), but very light, granules of black material. It was like
coal cinders. It probably had Bucky balls and nanotubes mixed with
miscellaneous other things, including some attached Cl and metal
atoms. I of course had no idea that the lightweight black hard stuff
might contain very special carbon structures. I have since wondered
though, after the Buckyball announcement, etc.
I would just touch a metal wire to a metal plate, or draw it across,
to draw short arcs. The arcs popped like sparging steam. I thought
the material creation rate was surprisingly fast, given the low
current involved. Chlorine gas evolves, but that is a small problem
to handle. I just used a long plastic rod with a big alligator clip
on the end to manipulate the wire. I did this in my small bedroom,
with no ventilation, when my parents were not aware of what I was
doing. Not such a great approach. At least three modes of harm at once!
This might have been creating a metal loaded carbon catalyst, similar
to what Les Case used, and patented in WO 97/43768 (20 November
1997). His claims included catalysts Pd, Pt, Rh, Ru, Ir, Re, Ni, Ti,
and the rare earths. His support media included carbon, graphite,
silica, alumina, kieselguhy, zeolite, and clay.
At any rate, this technique, using Pt, and maybe even Pd and/or Ni,
wire and plate, or just wires, might produce something of interest,
either to use directly, or to load using chlorides It should not
take long to create a few ml. Making large amounts would make a
simple automation of the process worthwhile.
The neon sign transformer used was 7500 V at 30 mA. The various
metals specified by Case in his patent would be worthy of testing as
electrode material.
Also, mu metal might be worth testing to see the effect in H2
(protium) vs D2. The reason for this was discussed in the vortex
thread "Cu isotopes, nanopores, mu metal, deflation fusion" here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l@eskimo.com/msg44662.html
and here:
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/NiProtonRiddle.pdf
A mu metal wire source of possible interest is here:
http://www.bloc kemf.com/catalog/product_info.php?
cPath=763&products_id=5101
http://tiny url.com/3smxtlb
(space added to avoid censoring)
When using mu metal the use of a strong magnetic field in addition is
obviously implied.
In all cases, use of HF HV stimulation is possibly useful, given the
small metal particles enclosed in dielectric or semiconducting
support material permits inducement of strong surface currents and
charges having a high volume density. Microwave stimulation might be
effective.
I've written much here about the prospective use of nanopore
material, zeolites and clays as prospective loaded nanoparticle
isolation materials to permit formation of large gradient fields and
surface charges.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
