Limits on neutron emission following deuterium absorption into palladium and titanium

Journal Article · Mon Sep 03 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Physical Review Letters; (USA)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.65.1196· OSTI ID:6421664

Aberdam, D; Avenier, M; Bagieu, G; Bouchez, J; Cavaignac, J F; Collot, J; Durand, R; Faure, R; Favier, J; Kajfasz, E; Koang, D H; Lefievre, B; Lesquoy, E; Pessard, H; Rouault, A; Senateur, J P; Stutz, A; Weiss, F ^[1]

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1. Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Physique; Universite J. Fourier Boite Postale 87; 38042 St. Martin-d'Heres (France) Institut des Sciences Nucleaires; Universite J. Fourier; Institut National de Physique Nucleaire et de Physique des Particules-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; 53 avenue des Martyrs; 38026 Grenoble CEDEX (France) Departement de Physique des Particules Elementaires; Centre d'Etudes Nuclearies de Saclay; 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette CEDEX (France) Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes de Materiaux-Genie Physique; Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble; Boite Postale 75; 38042 St. Martin-d'Heres (France) Laboratoire Anneceen de Physique des Particules; Boite Postale 110; 74941 Annecy le Vieux (France) Centre de Physique des Particules de Marseil

No evidence of neutron emission was observed following deuterium loading into palladium and titanium in both electrochemical and pressurization experiments. Upper limits obtained with a detector having a very clean neutron signature are at least 100 times lower than values reported in recent publications giving evidence of cold fusion. The deduced fusion rate limits were lower than 2{times}10{sup {minus}26} per second per pair of deuterons.

• OSTI ID: 6421664
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review Letters; (USA) Vol. 65:10; ISSN PRLTA; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

651720* -- Nuclear Properties & Reactions
A=90-149
Experimental
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CHARGED-PARTICLE REACTIONS
CONTROL
DATA
DEUTERON REACTIONS
ELECTRODES
EMISSION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
INFORMATION
ISOTOPES
LIMITING VALUES
MEASURING METHODS
NEUTRON EMISSION
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
NUMERICAL DATA
PALLADIUM ISOTOPES
SYNTHESIS
TEMPERATURE CONTROL
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TITANIUM ISOTOPES