SEARCH FOR COLD FUSION AT D/PD-GREATER-THAN-1 USING ION-IMPLANTATION

被引：4

作者：

MYERS, SM

FOLLSTAEDT, DM

SCHIRBER, JE

RICHARDS, PM

机构：

[1] Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, 87185, New Mexico

来源：

JOURNAL OF FUSION ENERGY | 1990年 / 9卷 / 03期

关键词：

COLD FUSION; PALLADIUM; DEUTERIUM; ION IMPLANTATION;

D O I：

10.1007/BF01059240

中图分类号：

TL [原子能技术]; O571 [原子核物理学];

学科分类号：

0827 ; 082701 ;

摘要：

Deuterium was introduced into palladium at atomic ratios greater than one by means of ion implantation at cryogenic temperatures, and a search was made for energetic charged particles from D-D nuclear reactions. Concentrations as high as 1.6 D/Pd were produced by 10 keV implantation at temperatures of 41 and 81 K, and the occurrence of lattice supersaturation in the Pd deuteride was indicated by a new, low-temperature stage of D redistribution. Fifteen hours of observation at low temperatures yielded no indication of energetic charged particles due to the reaction D(d,p)T or other nuclear processes. This result implies an approximate upper bound of 10(-21) events/s per D atom on the reaction rate in the supersaturated deuteride. Negative results were also obtained for D-implanted zirconium and titanium.

引用

页码：263 / 268

页数：6

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