The melting point of nickel , 1453°C, would only occur very locally as a result of IRH migrating between acute nano geometry and undergoing whatever reaction theory you happen to endorse. It won't happen without the geometry and if that much heat occurs the geometry will become plastic and grow closed to negate the stiction forces. I think this is why Naudin had so much difficulty with the MAHG and why other researchers have such difficulty replicating even their own experiments... because once these enabling geometries overheat they destroy themselves and the powders or skeletal catalysts have to be reactivated to become functional again. I think the explosion danger could be mitigated by using a minimal amount of hydrogen circulated rapidly through the reactor in a closed loop. The Haisch Moddel patent has certain advantages in this respect and the fact that the Rossi powder is on a larger micron scale than the nano scale promoted by other researchers makes it a good candidate to adopt this method. IMHO the circulation pump would act as an additional throttle / accelerator on the anomally. Regards Fran
From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 10:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Re: Rossi says he has a European "CE mark" Andrea Rossi said to reporters: We do not use radioactive materials, do not leave radioactive material and the highes temperature we can reach is the melting point of nickel : once the nickel melts, the E-Cat stops and this fact makes it intrinsecally safe. In two follow-up questions, reporters asked: What he meant by "leaving" radioactive material. Earlier he claimed that radioactivity is detected during the event. It was pointed out that radioactive materials cannot simply vanish once they have been created. Also it was pointed out that the melting point of nickel is 1453°C, and that if the device reaches this temperature before the reaction stops this could easily cause a serious explosion. This temperature seems too high to be considered "intrinsically safe." Rossi responded: "<meep meep!> and ran away at high speed, vanishing in cloud of dust. - Jed
