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In-Situ Ion Beam Measurements of Deuterium Loading in Thin Foil Electrochemical Cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

J.A. Knapp ,
T.R. Guilinger ,
M.J. Kelly ,
D. Walsh  and
B.L. Doyle
J.A. Knapp
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5800
T.R. Guilinger
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5800
M.J. Kelly
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5800
D. Walsh
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5800
B.L. Doyle
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-5800
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Abstract

A key element of recent assertions of "cold fusion" has been the claim that electrochemical loading of deuterium into Pd electrodes can produce D:Pd levels exceeding 1:1. Using external beam nuclear reaction analysis of Pd foil electrodes in operating electrochemical cells, we have directly monitored deuterium content in-situ. No conditions were found which resulted in loadings higher than ∼0.9.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 157: Symposium A – Beam-Solid Interactions: Physical Phenomena , 1989 , 317
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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