Abstract
In March 1989, two experiments claimed nuclear reactions taking place, at room temperature, in metal lattices (Pd and Ti) charged with deuterium in an electrolytic cell containing heavy water. In April of that year, at the Frascati Laboratory of ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment), a very straightforward question was addressed: if nuclear reactions take place in a metal lattice because of the interaction between the deuterium nuclei and the lattice, wouldn`t it be possible to perform experiments, having the same purpose, by letting the lattice interact with deuterium in the gaseous phase? ENEA experiments, following this alternative route, using titanium and varying temperature cycles, met with positive results consisting in the detection of neutron bursts. Since then, many laboratories have used this technique, called `gas loading`, with various results, still being characterized by the lack of reproducibility: is the system under study really a simple system, as it appeared to be at the beginning? To answer this difficult question, the intrinsic complexity of a typical `gas loading` experiment is examined in detail in this paper. Then, a survey is made of the experiments pertaining to this class. Finally, new routes are suggested that could help
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Survey of gas loading experiments.
Italy: N. p.,
1991.
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title = {Survey of gas loading experiments}
author = {Scaramuzzi, F}
abstractNote = {In March 1989, two experiments claimed nuclear reactions taking place, at room temperature, in metal lattices (Pd and Ti) charged with deuterium in an electrolytic cell containing heavy water. In April of that year, at the Frascati Laboratory of ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment), a very straightforward question was addressed: if nuclear reactions take place in a metal lattice because of the interaction between the deuterium nuclei and the lattice, wouldn`t it be possible to perform experiments, having the same purpose, by letting the lattice interact with deuterium in the gaseous phase? ENEA experiments, following this alternative route, using titanium and varying temperature cycles, met with positive results consisting in the detection of neutron bursts. Since then, many laboratories have used this technique, called `gas loading`, with various results, still being characterized by the lack of reproducibility: is the system under study really a simple system, as it appeared to be at the beginning? To answer this difficult question, the intrinsic complexity of a typical `gas loading` experiment is examined in detail in this paper. Then, a survey is made of the experiments pertaining to this class. Finally, new routes are suggested that could help researchers reduce the complexity of the studied system, and thus take advantage of the real intrinsic simplicity of the metal-gas system.}
place = {Italy}
year = {1991}
month = {Dec}
}
title = {Survey of gas loading experiments}
author = {Scaramuzzi, F}
abstractNote = {In March 1989, two experiments claimed nuclear reactions taking place, at room temperature, in metal lattices (Pd and Ti) charged with deuterium in an electrolytic cell containing heavy water. In April of that year, at the Frascati Laboratory of ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Environment), a very straightforward question was addressed: if nuclear reactions take place in a metal lattice because of the interaction between the deuterium nuclei and the lattice, wouldn`t it be possible to perform experiments, having the same purpose, by letting the lattice interact with deuterium in the gaseous phase? ENEA experiments, following this alternative route, using titanium and varying temperature cycles, met with positive results consisting in the detection of neutron bursts. Since then, many laboratories have used this technique, called `gas loading`, with various results, still being characterized by the lack of reproducibility: is the system under study really a simple system, as it appeared to be at the beginning? To answer this difficult question, the intrinsic complexity of a typical `gas loading` experiment is examined in detail in this paper. Then, a survey is made of the experiments pertaining to this class. Finally, new routes are suggested that could help researchers reduce the complexity of the studied system, and thus take advantage of the real intrinsic simplicity of the metal-gas system.}
place = {Italy}
year = {1991}
month = {Dec}
}