Hmmm when the nickel starts to melt would bubbles of H2 form within the nickel?
Harry On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Roarty, Francis X < francis.x.roa...@lmco.com> wrote: > So, are we are suggesting instead a much thinner layer [.3g] spread over > the entire inner surface of the reactor only? Or a foaming fixation that > makes the nickel powder expand to fill the cavity ?**** > > ** ** > > *From:* MarkI-ZeroPoint [mailto:zeropo...@charter.net] > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 29, 2013 4:33 PM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* RE: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Speculation about hotCat**** > > ** ** > > Jed asked:**** > > Question: assuming it really is 0.3 g, what is the likely volume? **** > > Nowhere near enough to fill the cylinder. **** > > **Why such a large cylinder?****** > > ** ** > > - most likely would be to get the necessary surface area to adequately > transfer the heat from interior to exterior.**** > > ** ** > > -mark **** > > ** ** > > *From:* Jed Rothwell [mailto:jedrothw...@gmail.com <jedrothw...@gmail.com>] > > *Sent:* Wednesday, May 29, 2013 1:11 PM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* Re: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Speculation about hotCat**** > > ** ** > > If the powder sinters, I suppose:**** > > ** ** > > That's good because it is what makes the powder stick to the wall. **** > > ** ** > > That's bad because it reduces surface area. This is what caused Arata's > pure Pd black cells to stop working after a while.**** > > ** ** > > Takahashi said it was not the high temperature but rather the chemical > action of hydrogen on the metal that caused the particles to stick together. > **** > > ** ** > > I guess when they open the cell they have to scrape out the powder. > > Question: assuming it really is 0.3 g, what is the likely volume? Nowhere > near enough to fill the cylinder. Why such a large cylinder? Maybe because > that's what he has in stock. > > - Jed**** > > ** ** >