Rossi’s secret sauce produces charge separation through the action of heat. Think cesium.
Cheers: Axil On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Alan Fletcher <a...@well.com> wrote: > > From: "David Roberson" <dlrober...@aol.com> > > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Rossi Says .. EMF Directly from the Reactor Core!! (??) > > Reminds me of the atomic battery concept. I gave that consideration > > when he originally stated that the energy was released in the form of > > low energy gammas that were converted into heat inside his shield. It > > did not take long to come to the conclusion that this must not be true > > unless the gammas were really low energy. Horace made it very clear > > that anything over 100 keV would escape the original lead lined beast > > and be dangerous. > > > > > > Do you suspect that Rossi is back with the gamma radiation concept and > > is converting them to electricity? Or, is this another diversion? > > > > > > Dave > > Googling on gammavoltaics gives a lot of speculation and one solid paper > > Novel Nuclear Powered Photocatalytic Energy Conversion > John R. White, Douglas Kinsman, Thomas M. Regan, and Leo M. Bobek > UMass-Lowell Radiation Laboratory > University of Massachusetts Lowell > August 29, 2005 > > http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/850408-3Vdsn0/850408.pdf > > It uses a "standard" photovoltaic dye -- plus a GAMMA SCINTILLATOR to > down-shift the energy into its optical range. eg Sodium Iodide, Cesium > Iodide .... > > What if Rossi's secret sauce wasn't to create the reaction, but to capture > gammas ??? > (Pure speculation, of course ...) > >
