If we are talking about separation only, then we must start with
evaporating of approximately 30 kg of nickel carbonyl.
http://books.google.com/books?id=Sfvbgvu9OQMC&pg=PA583&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
You need 4 MJ or 1.1 kW.h for vaporization only
But this substance is very volatile and have boiling point 42.5 C, so
you need only change pressure by small amount and then let nature do the
rest of the work. There is way to separate isotopes by doing cycles of
evaporation only because molecules with Ni-58 should be first one to
evaporate. I don't know which method is more preferred: to complete
series of evaporation or to centrifuge gas. This estimating is difficult
for me to make right now.
I want to emphasize the point that there is no need for Rossi to do any
energetically costly procedures. Most of steps in the route are
exothermic and he just need to find cheap chemicals for this. Only one
of them that is relatively hard to get is nickel carbonyl. The
environmental issues are not hard work for Rossi and nickel carbonyl is
easily decompose in air, so I think he can manage it.
On 11/07/2011 06:58 AM, Berke Durak wrote:
Hi Pasha,
Could you give an estimate for the energy required for
preparing 10 kg of nickel following that procedure?
Rossi claims 200 W.h is sufficient.
