Difference between revisions of "Cold fusion"
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| − | '''Cold fusion''' is the hypothetical effect resulting in excess heat that some scientists have claimed could be produced from nuclear fusion near room temperature. In 1989, electrochemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons of the University of Utah claimed to have produced such an effect by placing [[palladium]] electrodes in a glass of heavy water, <ref>http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/1258</ref> and some speculated that this could become a source of cheap energy in the future. After Fleischmann and Pons made their claim, the effect initially was unable to be replicated by scientists, and the claim was generally discredited. | + | '''Cold fusion''' is the hypothetical effect resulting in excess heat that some scientists have claimed could be produced from nuclear fusion near room temperature. In 1989, electrochemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons of the University of Utah claimed to have produced such an effect by placing [[palladium]] electrodes in a glass of heavy water, <ref>http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/1258</ref> and some speculated that this could become a source of cheap energy in the future. After Fleischmann and Pons made their claim, the effect initially was unable to be replicated by scientists, and the claim was generally discredited. After work by Mike McKubre of SRI and Miles and Bush at the Navies China Lake Research Laboratory it was show that a deuterium to palladium loading of >0.9 was need to see the effect. The initial failures at MIT and CalTech used loading of <0.8. Further they showed that helium was produced from the deuterium. Somehow D+D -> ??? -> He releasing the expected 23.8MeV per He atom of energy. This field is being actively researched today (circa 2012). |
| − | Research is ongoing in the US at SRI in California, in Italy at several universities, in Japan at Toyota and various universities, and in several other countries | + | Research is ongoing in the US at SRI in California, in Italy at several universities, in Japan at Toyota and various universities, and in several other countries. |
| − | The | + | The field has expanded from deuterium in palladium to also include hydrogen in nickel and nickel nano-powder, low energy glow discharge experiments and transmutation experiments (mostly in Japan). Research funding sources in the US include the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA), and the Department of Defense, Threat Reduction Agency. |
| − | + | The next international conference will be the 17th International Conference on Cold Fusion in Deajeon, Korea, August 12-17, 2012. | |
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== References == | == References == | ||
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| − | [[Category:Physics]][[Category:Fringe physics | + | [[Category:Physics]][[Category:Fringe physics]] |
Revision as of 23:57, July 31, 2012
Cold fusion is the hypothetical effect resulting in excess heat that some scientists have claimed could be produced from nuclear fusion near room temperature. In 1989, electrochemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons of the University of Utah claimed to have produced such an effect by placing palladium electrodes in a glass of heavy water, [1] and some speculated that this could become a source of cheap energy in the future. After Fleischmann and Pons made their claim, the effect initially was unable to be replicated by scientists, and the claim was generally discredited. After work by Mike McKubre of SRI and Miles and Bush at the Navies China Lake Research Laboratory it was show that a deuterium to palladium loading of >0.9 was need to see the effect. The initial failures at MIT and CalTech used loading of <0.8. Further they showed that helium was produced from the deuterium. Somehow D+D -> ??? -> He releasing the expected 23.8MeV per He atom of energy. This field is being actively researched today (circa 2012).
Research is ongoing in the US at SRI in California, in Italy at several universities, in Japan at Toyota and various universities, and in several other countries.
The field has expanded from deuterium in palladium to also include hydrogen in nickel and nickel nano-powder, low energy glow discharge experiments and transmutation experiments (mostly in Japan). Research funding sources in the US include the Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA), and the Department of Defense, Threat Reduction Agency.
The next international conference will be the 17th International Conference on Cold Fusion in Deajeon, Korea, August 12-17, 2012.
