You mean Cu 65 and Cu63. That's the ash. 2012/1/21 John Milstone <john_sw_orla...@yahoo.com>
> Thanks for reposting that information. > > So, if the fuel or ash from an E-Cat contained excess 64-Ni, that would be > compelling evidence that he really does have a new and revolutionary means > of enriching Nickel isotopes, since it seems unlikely that he would have > the resources to "spike" his samples with $30,000/g material. > > That make me even more eager to see the detailed isotopic analysis that > Sven Kullander said would be available before Christmas. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Sent:* Saturday, January 21, 2012 12:44 PM > *Subject:* [Vo]:Ni-64 enrichment > > As mentioned in prior posting - Ni-64 costs about $30000 per gram from a > medical supplier. We checked the ones near Rossi's former lab in NH and no > one remembers him or the name Leonardo (LTI, or EON). The reason for > checking was to see if Rossi started out this way first before finding a > less expensive solution. > > As for the present - Rossi claims to enrich in Ni-64 himself - not by > buying > an enriched isotope. This is unlikely but possible. > > The first relevant fact is that over two-thirds of natural nickel is the > 58Ni, which has very high nuclear stability - but there is also a ~1% > isotope 64Ni which is 6 a.m.u. or ~11% heavier and has different NMR > properties. > > Since nickel can be obtained in liquid form as feedstock and then resold > with the heavier isotopes removed, and since the feedstock is possibly more > valuable with heavier isotopes removed, it is possible to do it yourself > with an ultra-centrifuge, and possibly in combination with NMR techniques > for the net differential manufacturing cost. This is especially true if you > simply want enrichment in 62 and 64 and can work with a nickel supplier and > starting with electroless nickel can also make "nanostructuring" much > simpler, so it could be a double benefit. > > I do not think Rossi is that sophisticated, but don't forget that his > backers for 10 years at least were high up in DoE. That could also be the > source of enriched isotope. > > If the Swedes ever do release the mass-spec analysis- maybe we will know if > this Ni-64 business is one more Rossi lie, or not. It probably is. > > Jones > > > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com
