Posted: Jul 20, 2011 8:43 am
I am following the Focardi/Rossi reactor quite a lot recently. My impression grew from mildly interested to almost excited over the last few months. October will show if they can deliver, everything else is just speculation.
I do have some answers to questions about the process, as far as it's available on the internet. About isotopes used: Rossi uses only Ni62 and Ni64, his Nickel is enriched for these two isotopes. He claims to produce Copper63 and Copper65.
Where are the gamma rays? The reactor has a lead shielding. The gamma rays are essential for the heat production. While absorbing the gamma rays, the lead gets heated providing a lot (if not all) of the reactor heat.
There is a secret catalyst that rossi uses, nobody (not even Focardi) knows what it is. This secret catalyst is supposed to be able to split hydrogen molecules down to atoms which are needed for the fusion to proceed.
My source for all that information is Rossi's own journal, where he answers comments by users frequently (every day). Recently (a few days ago) they claimed to have had talks with NASA officials, no details available though but it's known that NASA is doing its own cold fusion experiments and the NASA chief thinks that this could be a big thing http://pesn.com/2011/05/31/9501837_Cold-Fusion_Number-1_Claims_NASA_Chief/. If this is real, times will become very interesting.
I do have some answers to questions about the process, as far as it's available on the internet. About isotopes used: Rossi uses only Ni62 and Ni64, his Nickel is enriched for these two isotopes. He claims to produce Copper63 and Copper65.
Where are the gamma rays? The reactor has a lead shielding. The gamma rays are essential for the heat production. While absorbing the gamma rays, the lead gets heated providing a lot (if not all) of the reactor heat.
There is a secret catalyst that rossi uses, nobody (not even Focardi) knows what it is. This secret catalyst is supposed to be able to split hydrogen molecules down to atoms which are needed for the fusion to proceed.
My source for all that information is Rossi's own journal, where he answers comments by users frequently (every day). Recently (a few days ago) they claimed to have had talks with NASA officials, no details available though but it's known that NASA is doing its own cold fusion experiments and the NASA chief thinks that this could be a big thing http://pesn.com/2011/05/31/9501837_Cold-Fusion_Number-1_Claims_NASA_Chief/. If this is real, times will become very interesting.