The initiation of excess power and possible products of nuclear interactions during the electrolysis of heavy water

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6964062

Scott, C D; Mrochek, J E; Scott, T C; Michaels, G E; Newman, E; Petek, M

The electrolysis of heavy water is being investigated with an insulated flow calorimetric system. The electrolyte was 0.1 to 1.0 N LiOD in D{sub 2}O and cylindrical palladium cathodes surrounded by wire-wound platinum anodes have been used at cathode current densities of 100 to 800 mA/cm{sup 2}. The most recent test has been made with a closed system'' without off-gal in which the electrolysis gases were internally recombined. Fast neutrons and gamma rays were measured continuously during the tests. It was shown that certain system perturbations could initiate and extend generation of excess power. In one test, there was an apparent increase in the neutron count rate that was also coincident with system perturbations. 4 refs., 6 figs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6964062
• Report Number(s): CONF-9003118-2; ON: DE90009228
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY
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AMBIENT TEMPERATURE
CURRENT DENSITY
DETECTION
ELECTRODES
ELECTROLYSIS
ELEMENTS
ENERGY BALANCE
GAMMA DETECTION
HEAVY WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LYSIS
METALS
NEUTRON DETECTION
NUCLEAR REACTIONS
NUCLEOSYNTHESIS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PALLADIUM
PLATINUM METALS
RADIATION DETECTION
SYNTHESIS
THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
WATER