Nuclear and thermal effects during electrolytic reduction of deuterium at palladium cathode |
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| Authors: | D. Gozzi P. L. Cignini L. Petrucci M. Tomellini G. De Maria S. Frullani F. Garibaldi F. Ghio M. Jodice E. Tabet |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Cheminstry, Universita' di Roma !["ldquo"]("/content/k71104w67508h038/xlarge8220.gif") La Sapienza!["rdquo"]("/content/k71104w67508h038/xlarge8221.gif") , P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma;(2) Centro Termodinamica Chimica alle Alte Temperature, C.N.R., Australia;(3) ENEA-TIB-CRE-Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, Roma;(4) Institute of Chemistry, Universita' della Basilicata, Potenza;(5) Physics Laboratory, Istituto Superiore di Sanita' and sez. Sanita' I.N.F.N. Roma, V.le Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma |
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| Abstract: | In a galvanostatic experiment of charging deuterium in a palladium cathode, nuclear and thermal effects were found. A sintered palladium electrode shaped as parallelepiped was used. After 6 days of electolysis at 200 mA/cm2, a simultaneous emission of neutrons, tritium excess in the electrolytic solution, and temperature rapid increase was observed. During the event which lasted 4 minutes, we counted 7.2×105 neutrons while the electrode temperature reached 150°C. Electrochemical procedure for charging the palladium electrode by deuterium using galvanostatic pulses as well as the associated electrode temperature trends are shown. |
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| Keywords: | Cold fusion Pd-D system Pd electrochemistry |
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