You did not use the potassium based "secret sauce" that Rossi uses.
Without the ability to create potassium clusters, the reaction is weak. Using only hydrogen clusters will not support a vigorous reaction. On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:21 PM, Edmund Storms <stor...@ix.netcom.com>wrote: > Axil, you make your statements with great certainty. Have you ever > actually studied Ni and successfully caused LENR? I have and I do not see > the behavior you claim must occur. > > Ed Storms > > On May 29, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Axil Axil wrote: > > EMF simulation in the CB range will form nanoparticles (aka clusters). > Potassium is the best candidate for the formation of dynamic NAE through > nanoparticle formation when stimulated by EMF. > > > On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Arnaud Kodeck <arnaud.kod...@lakoco.be>wrote: > >> ** >> >> Ed,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I think you forget to add the EM stimulation controlled by the black box >> between wall socket and the eCat.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Arnaud**** >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* Edmund Storms [mailto:stor...@ix.netcom.com] >> *Sent:* mercredi 29 mai 2013 21:53 >> >> *To:* **vortex-l@eskimo.com** >> *Cc:* Edmund Storms >> *Subject:* Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Speculation about hotCat**** >> >> >> ** ** >> >> Fran, I would not guess how Rossi bonds the powder to the wall, only that >> this must be done. A secret sauce is applied before the Ni is placed in the >> e-Cat in order to create the NAE. You need to identify how many additional >> secret sauces you think are involved. He also places a hydride in the tube >> to supply hydrogen. This material also might have an effect. I suggest >> speculation about things we have no way of knowing is not productive. Let's >> discuss what is real and required by nature for the observed effect to be >> produced. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> We know Rossi activates the Ni before it is used, i.e. creates the NAE.** >> ** >> >> We know this powder must make good thermal contact with the wall.**** >> >> We know that Ni powder sinters at the temperature being produced.**** >> >> We know that the NAE is stable at these temperatures. **** >> >> We know that the generated power increases with increased temperature. >> Therefore, a positive feedback is operating.**** >> >> We know that Rossi attempts to control this feedback by controlling the >> temperature.**** >> >> We know that the power source responds rapidly to the external >> temperature. Therefore, good thermal contact exists between the source and >> the thermal sink. **** >> >> We can suspect that no additional source of energy or stimulation is >> applied to the power source other than temperature.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> These are the only facts I can identify. Did I miss anything?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Ed Storms**** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> ** ** >> >> On May 29, 2013, at 1:28 PM, Roarty, Francis X wrote:**** >> >> >> >> **** >> >> Ed,******** >> >> you make a good case that something improves the thermal bond of the >> powder to the inner walls.. perhaps the function of the secret sauce.. I >> don’t recall the volume of the powder used but am under the impression it >> fills most of the reactor tube and therefore must also have good thermal >> bond through it’s own bulk to reach the reactor walls. I think the MAHG was >> a weak easily compromised cousin to this device with only a thin sputtered >> layer on the inner wall of the tube while Rossi has designed a way to stack >> NAE out into a bulk form away from the reactor wall. I gathered from the >> thread that very little powder spilled out when they cut it open after >> destruction… so would assume the bonding held the powder inside as a foam >> or gelatinous solid? Can we assume the secret sauce must bind the powder >> into some form of solid. I am leaning toward an open foam like malted milk >> balls but a recent thread also suggested a gelatinous colloid.******** >> >> Fran******** >> >> ** ****** >> >> *From:* Edmund Storms [mailto:stor...@ix.netcom.com<stor...@ix.netcom.com> >> ] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 29, 2013 11:43 AM >> *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com >> *Cc:* Edmund Storms >> *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Speculation about hotCat******** >> ** >> >> **** >> ** >> >> Bob, this is a good analysis of a possible design. You are right, the >> powder must make good thermal contact with the wall for the nuclear >> reaction to be controlled by temperature. Just how Rossi makes this happen >> is unknown. Nevertheless, most of the active nickel must be attached to >> the inner wall of the stainless tube. In addition, at the temperatures >> used, the Ni powder would sinter and not be easily to remove. **** >> **** >> ** >> >> **** >> ** >> >> As for modifying the stainless using chemical etch, I doubt this would be >> effective. This texture would have to be active initially and remain >> unchanged at high temperature. Such textures are not stable and would not >> survive the high temperature. Rossi has done something to the Ni powder >> that is very stable and not affected by high temperature. This fact alone >> greatly reduces the possibilities to anyone familiar with the materials >> science of this material. Rossi is gradually letting the cat out of the >> bag, whether he wants to or not.**** >> **** >> ** >> >> **** >> ** >> >> Ed Storms**** >> **** >> >> On May 29, 2013, at 8:29 AM, Bob Higgins wrote:**** >> **** >> >> >> >> >> **** >> **** >> >> I would like to submit my speculation about the latest Rossi hotCat for >> discussion on Vortex-l.**** >> **** >> >> **· **We are told that the central reactor core is a 310 >> stainless steel cylinder ( 3cm by 33cm). There is no port for introduction >> of H2. The ends are cold welded closed.**** >> **** >> >> **· **When the test device was sawed open, only a miniscule >> amount of powder came out. This cannot be the active powder - it would >> have melted as loose powder rather than conveying the heat out of the >> cylinder.**** >> **** >> >> **· **It is highly desirable to have high thermal conductivity >> between the NAEs and the outer metal cylinder. You wouldn't get this with >> loose powder on the inside.**** >> **** >> >> **· **310 stainless is ~25% chromium, ~21% Ni, and the balance >> mostly iron**** >> **** >> >> Consider what Celani has done - taken a Ni-Cu alloy wire and etched out >> the Cu to realize the surface nanotexturing, thus creating NAEs on the wire >> outer surface. Suppose we took the 310 stainless cylinder and used a >> chromium etch on the inner surface. Chrome etches typically contain nitric >> acid which will also attack the iron, but not the nickel. The result could >> be a nanotextured Ni inner surface of the 310 SS cylinder with perhaps a >> micro-scale Ni "fur" in *high thermal contact with the cylinder*. There >> may be further chemical texturing of the inner surface or nanopowder added >> as part of a thermo-chemical modification of the surface to create the NAEs >> in high number on the inner textured Ni surface.**** >> **** >> ** >> >> **** >> ** >> >> Then, cold weld one end of the cylinder closed. Calculate the amount of >> metal hydride needed to release the desired pressure of H2 into the >> cylinder when it is heated and put this powder inside the cylinder. Cold >> weld seal the second end closed. Viola! You have a hotCat reactor core. >> **** >> **** >> ** >> >> **** >> ** >> >> Rossi has also described his "cat and mouse" where the "mouse" was added >> to enhance the performance of the hotCat. An easy speculation for this >> would be that he could take some of his previous Rossi micro-Ni + catalyst >> powder and add that as well to the hotCat as a means to help the reaction >> begin from a lower temperature.**** >> **** >> ** >> >> **** >> ** >> >> I believe the cylindrical outer heaters are just resistor coils embedded >> in a high thermal conductivity ceramic.**** >> **** >> ** >> >> **** >> ** >> >> Comments? **** >> **** >> ** >> >> **** >> ** >> >> ** ** >> > > >
