I am sure some of you are already aware of this Dissimilar metals and alloys have different electrode potentials<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrode_potential> and when two or more come into contact in an electrolyte a galvanic couple is set up, one metal acting as anode and the other as cathode
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012, Jones Beene wrote: > For to record ... and to correct potential disinformation. > > Excess heat as seen recently in Celani/Technova etc. is NOT simply a > surface > morphology effect, according to Ahern's EPRI report. > > Rather, excess heat depends on both nano-geometry and the proper alloy > being > found together in the same powder. > > Unfortunately, EPRI have not yet published this report, but the experiments > showed clearly that identical nano-geometry, in a variety of metal powders, > have massively different thermal effects, dependent on the alloy. > > The original Copper-Nickel alloy which inspired Celani to do this recent > work came from Ahern, and showed the excellent predicted results, much > better than palladium, which corroborated the Romanowski paper. That paper > was based on simulation, not experiment; and Ahern's work offered the first > important corroboration. He chose the alloy (which was supplied by Ames > Labs) specifically from the Romanowski data (details of which Celani > curiously misquoted in his paper). > > BTW - with titanium-nickel alloys (both metals implicated in prior LENR > experiments) - there was NO excess heat, despite having good nano-features. > That pretty much tells you that it is completely incorrect to label this as > a surface morphology effect only. Pure nano-nickel is poor, pure > nano-palladium is poor but an alloy of 90% Pd and 10% Ni is excellent > (though not as good as the Cu-Ni alloys). The differences are not small. > > For excess heating, according to Ahern - you must have the 2-12 nm surface > features and you must ALSO have the proper spillover alloy, which > Romanowski > essentially nailed. > > Hopefully EPRI will publish the study soon. > > Jones >
