Posted: Jul 20, 2011 10:41 am
Pyrion wrote: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. ...snip...
atoms don't fuse, protons and/or neutrons = atomic nuclei fuse in teh plasma states of elements. wiki is yer frend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_fusion