The Lugano report states that the ~1g of fuel was poured into the reactor. However, I am told that when the researchers were retrieving a sample of ash, it was firmly attached to the tube walls. The reactor had to be broken open (maybe Rossi did this for them) and the ash sample was scraped off of the inner walls of the alumina reactor tube. It could well be that the 62Ni was already on the walls of the tube before the "fuel" was poured in. This is why it is believed that the researchers were restricted in their dummy runs to low temperature - the 62Ni was on the walls of the reactor already and increasing above a certain temperature in air would damage the real fuel that was already in the reactor.
Rossi is known to have purchased 62Ni a few years back from an isotope producer. Also, another source claims to have provided some amount of 62Ni to Rossi. So we know that Rossi obtained some 62Ni. This does not mean that the 62Ni is not bred in Rossi's reactions - it may be that the reaction breeds 62Ni and that could be why Rossi has no need any longer to buy 62Ni. Many in the field claim that there is nothing special about 62Ni from a LENR perspective and this is a ruse by Rossi to keep other researchers distracted. It is likely that during Rossi's early development that he and Focardi explored which isotopes of Ni (if any) were special in the process. MFMP intends to find out by purchasing some 96% enriched 62Ni to run in a Parkhomov-like reactor. The cost to purchase 96% enriched 62Ni is $11.30/mg (milligram), so it is quite expensive. It is produced via multiple passes through a centrifuge using nickel tetracarbonyl liquid. MFMP may put in about $600 worth in an experiment to look for difference compared to natural Ni. On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Bob Cook <frobertc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > What on earth make Ni-62 a good catalyst?. It would nice to at least to > have a suggested catalytic mechanism. > > As Jones notes, it is a singularity with the highest binding potential > energy per nucleon of any nucleons. That means its stable. Maybe it was a > required Ni lattice constituent to avoid damage to the lattice and, hence, > a productive home for the Li-7 H reaction. I would think that would have > to be disclosed in a real patent and not assumed to be state of art > knowledge. > > The Swedish inspection team must have looked at confirming the absence of > other isotopes in the ash. Has there been any additional Lugano testing of > ash to anybody’s knowledge? > > Lastly, I find it surprising to expect the purity of Ni-62 found in the > Lugano ash consistent with the commercial separation schemes that may have > been available to Rossi. Does anybody have a spec for the purity of such > an isotope. Jones suggested it would be high at $10,000 per gram. > > The production planning advertised by Rossi/Industrial heat would have to > take Ni-62 expense into account. There is not evidence that this is a > consideration to my knowledge. > > Bob Cook > > *From:* Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> > *Sent:* Monday, February 22, 2016 8:17 AM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* RE: [Vo]:the expected LENR Surprise Rossi's long time test > over!Re: > > > *From:* Teslaalset > > Ø Rossi does not have any obligations to anyone except probably > Darden because he invested in his technology development. He is an > entrepreneur and not somebody who is paid by society… Give Rossi a bit > more credit on what he shares and what he doesn’t share. From his angle it > very understandable. > > I agree with your synopsis – as far as it goes. But there is more to the > big picture of understanding what is going on - behind the scenes. We > have discussed this before, circa 2013, but never really took the thread > about Rossi’s real secret (not-so-secret secret) to its logical conclusion > . > > On the larger stage of commercial reality - Rossi has had no choice but > to put the identity of the secret sauce on the table (and then try to hide > it in practice by a string of deceptive disinformation). It has been > crystal-clear for 3 years that the one and only public detail which is > relevant for the successful Rossi-effect reaction, and is protected by > Patent - is the use of nickel-62 as the active isotope. Everything else > is smoke and mirrors. > > 62Ni is the only major detail which is protected in Rossi’s granted > Italian patent, according to experts, and also it is in the pending EPO > application (EP2259998). Rossi’s wife is a top Italian Lawyer, so it can > be assumed that she knew the importance of disclosing (and then trying to > cover-up) the one critical detail – the active ingredient. Yet, the > requirement for the rare isotope could now be the thorn in Rossi’s heel, > since it is expensive and renders the entire device commercially > non-competitive, if no substitute is found. > > Rossi has tried to gloss-over this fact in the past - by claiming that he > could enrich bulk nickel in this isotope cheaply. Can he? It is clear > from the Lugano report that he ran the test with a reactor (one of 3 which > he brought) which contained pure isotope at the start, in the hope of > throwing competitors off-guard by claiming that the reaction produced it in > pure form - as ash! > > Wow – what a brilliant deception. Hats off to AR. Most surprising is that > many observers, including Levi and his crew, actually bought into this > ridiculous falsehood. The Lugano reactor did not produce nickel-62 as ash, > which is what AR wants the world to believe. The nearly pure isotope was > there from the start. > > One of the remaining reactors which Rossi brought to Lugano (of 3) was > indeed opened to show the “starting fuel” content - but of course, this > one had no isotopic enrichment. That is the crux of the deception which > has lingered on for years. Brilliant. > > The reliance on a rare and expensive isotope is why Craven’s started the > thread below some time ago – trying to find a logical substitute based on > the physical parameter of 62Ni which makes it unique (ironically: it is > high nuclear binding energy). In fact 62Ni is a singularity in the > periodic table, but its characteristics are almost the same as an iron > isotope. > > *https://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg80458.html* > <https://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg80458.html> > > So – in conclusion – the LENR “surprise” in the upcoming report is very > likely to be partially hidden away, once again. Since the year-long > report will be positive in terms of gain – that will divert attention > from the big problem. The report will probably not show that the secret > sauce – the one which allowed it all to happen, is a rare isotope which > costs around $10,000 per gram, unless you make it yourself. But the > accolades and “told-you-so” boasts from the Rossi fan-boys could > regrettably cover up the hidden reality… that the emperor has no > (commercial) clothes. > > If there is happy note which can arise from the year-long test, it will be > that Rossi finally discloses the resolution to the problem: which is that > he has indeed found an inexpensive way to enrich the nickel fuel cheaply > in the active isotope. > > Chances of that happening are slim. > > Jones > >
