ISSN:
1572-9591
Keywords:
Palladium-deuterides
;
D2
;
clusters
;
density-functional calculations
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
Notes:
Abstract Cold fusion enhanced by chemical confinement of deuterons has been suggested as an explanation of recent reports of the production of neutrons in electrochemically-generated palladium deuterides. To test this suggestion local-density-functional cluster calculations were used to study the coulomb barrier between two deuterons within the octahedral cage in crystalline palladium. The calculated repulsive forces were always greater than the corresponding forces between deuterons in molecular D2. These results imply that the room temperature fusion rate at this site is negligible.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01059258
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