I think that what we’re going to see is that the process isn’t sufficiently energetic to justify the waste of the nickle on large scale operations.
***That’s an interesting perspective. Do you have a COP cutoff point that you consider to be “sufficiently energetic”? Would it mean you think this is a chemical reaction?
>> “Would it mean you think this is a chemical reaction?” <<
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Definitely not.
Chemical reactions do not produce new elements. It just means that producing copper is not a very energetic fusion reaction. Of course, other elements were also produced. This needs some serious investment into research to find out exactly what is happening.