Timeline for Does the "Energy Catalyzer" by Andrea Rossi et al. generate energy by converting Nickel to Copper?
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| Aug 21, 2011 at 13:46 | comment | added | Ron Maimon | -1 --- this is wrong. Protons have zero binding energy and nuclei near iron have a large negative binding energy, so that it always pays to shove protons in. While the Focardi Rossi claims are suspicious, it's not because they violate energy conservation | |
| Aug 1, 2011 at 7:06 | history | migrated | from skeptics.stackexchange.com (revisions) | ||
| Jul 31, 2011 at 22:48 | comment | added | jozzas | @Mike D This is a good, brief review of the current gaps in public knowledge: vixra.org/abs/1103.0080 If he has really stumbled onto a coulomb barrier lowering catalyst, it's pretty big news. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 22:36 | comment | added | jozzas | @Mike D The inventor of this apparatus claims to use a special blend of catalysts, allowing the reaction temperature to be reduced significantly. He hasn't released the details of the catalyst, as, if it exists and works, it's the crux of his invention. I've read many peoples doubts that a catalyst mix made of any known materials would be sufficient to reduce the temperatures so greatly, so until the mix is revealed or the apparatus tested thoroughly, we won't know. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 15:15 | comment | added | Mike Dunlavey | Saying that igniting an exothermic reaction requires a high ignition temperature is a good argument, but I'm not completely convinced. That's saying there's a high potential barrier to bringing the reactive components together, but there might possibly be ways around it. In the chemical world there are catalysts. There is also quantum tunneling that can penetrate potential barriers. That makes me nervous about arguments based on straightforward physics. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 12:16 | comment | added | Sklivvz | Hi, add some more on-topic references. Although I totally understand where you're going, I think something more specific would be way more appropriate for the casual reader (this is not physics.SE). Thanks. | |
| Jul 31, 2011 at 11:12 | history | answered | hdhondt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |