Observation of d-d fusion neutrons during degassing of deuterium-loaded palladium

Journal Article · Sat May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Fusion Technology; (United States)

OSTI ID:6582619

Bittner, M; Meister, A; Seeliger, D; Schwierz, R; Wuestner, P ^[1]

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1. Dresden Univ. of Technology (Germany)

Experiments with two massive deuterium-loaded palladium samples designed to search for deuteron-deuteron (d-d) fusion during thermal degassing are described. In the heavier of the two samples, which has a total mass of [approximately] 0.5 kg, during deuterium expulsion from the metal, a significant neutron excess count rate was detected by two independent NE-213 scintillation neutron detectors. The maximum time-dependent excess count rate corresponds to a d-d reaction rate of (3 [+-] 1) [times] 10[sup [minus]25] per deuteron pair per second. From detector pulse height spectra, the energy of the neutrons is determined to be [approximately] 2.5 MeV, as expected for d-d fusion neutrons. 10 refs., 10 figs., 2 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 6582619
• Journal Information: Fusion Technology; (United States), Journal Name: Fusion Technology; (United States) Vol. 23:3; ISSN 0748-1896; ISSN FUSTE8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
700360* -- Fusion Reactions-- (1992-)
BARYONS
COLD FUSION
DEGASSING
DEUTERIUM
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
FERMIONS
HADRONS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
METALS
NEUTRONS
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEI
NUCLEONS
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
PALLADIUM
PARTICLE PRODUCTION
PLATINUM METALS
STABLE ISOTOPES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS