Thanks. There is interesting information there.
Armanet suggests that an equivalent of PdAg for LENR could be NiMn (as
opposed to NiAg). Apparently this relates to a similarity in geometric
spacing in the crystal.
This equivalency may assume that the only purpose of the silver is to
mechanically stabilize the matrix, which may not be the ultimate benefit
of the alloy - if silver also is reactive for the nuclear tunneling of
hydrogen.
In terms of the active mechanism for gain, the emphasis on phase change
by Armanet could open up an alternative mechanism. That would be
coupling of nuclear spin/isospin to phase change.
Alain Sepeda wrote:
Nicolas Armanet talking of alpha-beta transition in Pd discussed Ni
during RNBE2016.
