Excess heat production by the electrolysis of an aqueous potassium carbonate electrolyte and the implications for cold fusion
- Mills Technologies, Lancaster, PA (US)
- Ursinus College, Academic Computing, Collegeville, PA (US)
This paper reports that according to a novel atomic model, the predominant source of heat of the phenomenon called cold fusion is the electrocatalytically induced reaction whereby hydrogen atoms undergo transitions to quantized energy levels of lower energy than the conventional ground state. These lower energy states correspond to fractional quantum numbers. The hydrogen electronic transition requires the presence of an energy hole of {approximately}27.21 eV provided by electrocatalytic reactants (such as Pd{sup 2+}/Li{sup +}, Ti{sup 2+}, or K{sup +}/K{sup +} and results in shrunken atoms analogous to muonic atoms. In the case of deuterium, fusion reactions of shrunken atoms predominantly yielding tritium are possible. Calorimetry of pulsed current and continuous electrolysis of aqueous potassium carbonate (K{sup +}/K{sup +} electrocatalytic couple) at a nickel cathode is performed in single-cell dewar calorimetry cells. Excess power out exceeded input power by a factor of {gt}37.
- OSTI ID:
- 5752593
- Journal Information:
- Fusion Technology; (United States), Vol. 20:1; ISSN 0748-1896
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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COLD FUSION
EVALUATION
NICKEL
CATHODES
POTASSIUM CARBONATES
ELECTROLYSIS
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
CALORIMETRY
DEUTERIUM
DEWARS
ELECTROCATALYSTS
ENERGY LEVELS
GROUND STATES
HYDROGEN
QUANTUM MECHANICS
QUANTUM NUMBERS
THERMODYNAMICS
TRITIUM
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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CARBONATES
CATALYSTS
CONTAINERS
DISPERSIONS
ELECTRODES
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
LYSIS
MECHANICS
METALS
MIXTURES
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS
RADIOISOTOPES
SOLUTIONS
STABLE ISOTOPES
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