Anomalous heat and helium production using palladium-boron alloys in heavy water

Author

Miles, Melvin H. ; Johnson, Kendall B. ; Imam, M. Ashraf

Author_Institution

Chem. & Mater. Branch, Naval Air Warfare Centre Weapons Div., China Lake, CA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

27 Jul-1 Aug 1997

Firstpage

1334

Abstract

Reproducibility continues to be the major problem in the controversial cold fusion area. The best reproducibility for excess power was obtained using palladium-boron (Pd-B) alloy materials supplied by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) Washington DC, USA. Seven out of eight Pd-B cathodes produced excess power using D₂O-LiOD solutions. The collection and analysis of the electrolysis gases from one Pd-B experiment places the helium-4 production rate at 1.0×10 ¹¹ ⁴He/s*W. This is the correct magnitude for typical deuteron fusion reactions that yield helium-4 as a product. Results of selected papers from the Sixth International Conference on Cold Fusion held October 13-18, 1996 in Hokkaido, Japan are summarized

Keywords

boron alloys; cathodes; cold fusion; deuterons; electrochemical electrodes; electrolysis; heavy water; palladium alloys; D₂O-LiOD solutions; Pd-B; Pd-B cathodes; anomalous heat production; anomalous helium production; cold fusion; deuteron fusion reactions; electrolysis gases; heavy water; helium-4 production rate; reproducibility; Boron alloys; Cathodes; Chemical technology; Electrochemical processes; Helium; Inorganic materials; Materials science and technology; Production; Reproducibility of results; Water heating;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, 1997. IECEC-97., Proceedings of the 32nd Intersociety

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4515-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECEC.1997.661962

Filename

661962