Measurement and analysis of neutron and gamma-ray emission rates, other fusion products, and power in electrochemical cells having Pd cathodes

• DOI: 10.1007/bf02627578
• Publication Date: 2007-05-08T05:33:54Z
• Authors: David Albagli; Ron Ballinger; Vince Cammarata; X. Chen; Richard M. Crooks; Catherine Fiore; Marcel P. J. Gaud...; I. Hwang; C. K. Li; Paul Linsay; Stanley C. Luckhardt; Ronald R. Parker; Richard D. Petrasso; Martin O. Schloh; Kevin W. Wenzel; Mark S. Wrighton
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; 7. Clean energy

Results of experiments intended to reproduce cold fusion phenomena originally reported by Fleischmann, Pons, and Hawkins are presented. These experiments were performed on a pair of matched electrochemical cells containing 0.1×9 cm Pd rods that were operated for 10 days. The cells were analyzed by the following means: (1) constant temperature calorimetry, (2) neutron counting and γ-ray spectroscopy, (3) mass spectral analysis of4He in effluent gases, and4He and3He within the Pd metal, (4) tritium analysis of the electrolyte solution, and (5) x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of the Pd cathode surface. Within estimated levels of accuracy, no excess power output or any other evidence of fusion products was detected.