CONTENTS

 

 

T. BRESSANI, E. DEL GIUDICE and G. PREPARATA‑ Foreword           XIII

 

 

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS

 

L. BERTALOT, L. BETTINALI, F. DE MARCO, V. VIOLANTE, P.DE LOGU, T. DIKONIMOS MAKRIS and A. LA BARBERA Analysis of tritium and heat excess in electrochemical cells with Pd cathodes 3

 

E.BRILLAS, G.SARDIN, J. CASADO, X. DOMENECH and J. SANCHEZ ‑Product analysis from D2O electrolysis with palladium and titanium cathodes ......................9

 

B.ESCARPIZO, F. FERNANDEZ, J. SEVILLA, F. CUEVAS and C. SANCHEZ ‑Solid state and electrochemical phenomena related to cold fusion in titanium ...................15

 

D.GOZZI, P.L.CIGNINI, M. TOMELLINI, S. FRULLANI, F. GARIBALDI, F. GHIO, M. JODICE and O.M. URCIUOLI ‑ Multicell experiments for searching time‑related events in cold fusion    21

 

Z. HONGYU, W. CHENLIN, R. YANIN, F. GUOYING, Y. HUA, Z.WEIDONG, W. DACHUN, H. MING, L. SHUZHEN, H. ZHUEN,W. ZHONGDA, Y. RUNHU, L. ZHENGHAO and R. GUOXIAO ‑

Some results on cold fusion research 49

 

B. Y. LIAW, P.-L. TAO and B.E. LIEBERT ‑ Recent progress on cold fusion research using molten salt techniques 55

 

G.MENGOLI, M. FABRIZIO, C.MANDUCHI, G. ZANNONI, L. RICCARDI and A. BUFFA ‑ Tritium and neutron emission in conventional and contact glow discharge electrolyses of D2O at Pd and Ti cathodes 65

 

H. NUMATA, R. TAKAGI, I. OHNO, K. KAWAMURA and S. HARUYAMA ‑ Neutron emission and surface observation during a long‑term evolution of deuterium on Pd in 0.1 M LiOD 71

 

FUJII, M. TAKAHASHI, M. NAKADA, T. KUSUNOKI and M. 0KAMOTO ‑Anomalous neutron burst in heavy water electrolysis.                                 81

 

S. SZPAK, P.A. MOSIER‑BOSS and J. J. SMITH ‑  Reliable procedure for the initiation of the Fleischmann‑Pons effect .....................87

 

A. TAKAHASHI, T. IIDA, T. TAKEUCHI, A. MEGA, S. YOSHIDA and M. WATANABE ‑ Neutron spectra and controllabil ity by PdD/electrolysis cell with low‑high current pulse operation 93

 

D. H. BEDDINGFIELD, F.E. CECIL, C.S. GALOVICH, H. LIU and S. ASHER ‑ Characterization of charged particle bursts from deuterium loaded thin titanium foils . 99

 

T. BRESSANI, D. CALVO, A. FELICIELLO, C. LAMBERTI, F. IAZZI, B. MINETTI, R. CHERUBINI, A.M.I. HAQUE and R...... A. RICCI ‑ A study of the neutron emission from Ti loaded with D in gas. phase by means of a time‑of­ flight spectrometer  

 105

 

F. CELANI, A. SPALLONE, L. LIBERATORI, F. CROCE, L. STO RELLI, S. FORTUNATI, M. TULUI and N. SPARVIERI ‑. Search for neutron emission from deuterided high temperature superconductors in a very low background environment   113

 

D. W. MO, Y. S.LIU, L. Y. ZHOU, S. Y. DONG, K. L. WANG, S. C. WANG and X. Z. LI ‑ Search for precursor and charged particles in "cold fusion 123

 

A. DE NINNO, F. SCARAMUZZI, A. FRATTOLILLO, S. MIGLIORI, F. LANZA, S. SCAGLIONE, P. ZEPPA and C. PONTORIERI ‑... The production of neutrons and tritium in the deuterium gas‑titanium interaction ... 129

 

Y. DUAN, W. S. GUAN, S.Q. CHENG, J. ZHANG, S. L. HAO, B. GU, J.Q. LI, W.X. LIANG, G. Y. ZHANG, S.X. PEI, J. C. HUANG, K. W. CHEN, R. LIU, X. R. LIU and YING LI‑ Fusion neutron emission induced by injection of deuterium into titanium target in a mirror plasma... 139

 

JIN, F. ZHANG, D. YAO and B. WU ‑ Anomalous nuclear effects in deuterium palladium systems  145

 

F. LANZA, G. BERTOLINI, V. VOCINO, E. PARNISARI and C. RONSECCO ‑ Tritium production resulting from deuteration of different metals and alloys 151

 

T.TAZIMA, K. ISII and H. IKEGAMI ‑ Time‑correlated neutron detection from deuterium loaded palladium .......157

 

L. WANG, X. Z. LI, S. Y. DONG, S. C.. WANG, D. W. MO, C.M. LUO, Q. R. LIN, X. D. WU, W.Z. LI, Y. F. ZHU, P.   L. ZHOU and L. CHANG ‑ Search for better material

for cold fusion experiment using CR‑39 detector 163

 

C. WANG, T.S. KANG, K.L. WANG, S. Y. DONG, Y.Y. FENG,D. W. MO and X. Z. LI ‑ Identification of the energetic charged particles in gas‑loading experiment of "cold fusion" using CR‑39 plastic track detector 169

 

D.SEELIGER, M. BITTNER, A. MEISTER, R. SCHWIERZ and T. STREIL ‑Evidence of neutron emission from a titanium deuterium system ..........175

 

M.   BITTNER, A. MEISTER, D. SEELIGER, R. SCHWIERZ and P. WUSTNER ‑Observation of D‑D fusion neutrons during degassing of deuterium loaded palladium ..181

 

M. BALDO - Enhancement of fusionrate induced by the           collective electron excitations ......................187

 

F.CEROFOLINI, R. DIERCKX,,A. FOGLIO PARA and G. OTTAVIANI ‑Binuclear atoms as fusion precursors in a hot cloud ...............193

 

R. CHUBB and T. A. CHUBB ‑ An explanation of cold fusion and cold fusion by‑products, based on lattice induced nuclear chemistry .........199.

 

P. L. HAGELSTEIN ‑Coherent and semi‑coherent neutron   transfer reactions ...................................205

 

F.J. MAYER and J. R. REITZ - Summary of progress in hydron physics ...205.

 

 

J.A. McNEIL ‑ Relativistic hyperfine interaction and the Spence‑Vary resonance ....217

 

M. SHAHEEN, M. RAGHEB, G.H. MILEY, H. HORA and J. KELLY‑ Anomalous deuteron to hydrogen ratio in Oklo samples and the possibility of deuteron disintegration.... 221

 

A. SCALIA and P. FIGUERA ~ 'The cross section factor for the reactions 2 H(d, P) 3 H + 2 H(d,n) 'He at very low temperature 235

 

T. F. DROEGE and L. J. DROEGE ‑ An improved zero gradient calorimeter for the investigation of cold fusion phenomena 243

 

M.AGNELLO, F. IAZZI, B. MINETTI, E. BOTTA, T. BRESSANI,. 0. BRUNASSO, D. CALVO,. D. DATTOLA, P. GIANOTTI, C. LAMBERTI and A. ZECCHINA ‑ Improvement of the TOFUS apparatus....249

 

G. RICCO, M.ANGHINOLFI, P.CORVISIERO, P. PRATI, M. TAIUTI, C. BORAGNO, R'. EGGENHOFFNER and U. VALBUSA ‑ A large solid angle multi-parameter neutron detector.... 255

 

K. A. SJ6LAND, P. KRISTIANSSON and K. G. J. WESTERGARD ‑ Liquid scintillator detection and multi-parameter data acquisition for neutron detection in cold fusion experiments 261

 

L. H. BAGNULO ‑ Crack‑fusion: a plausible explanation of "cold fusion" 267

 

F. E. CECIL and G. M. HALE ‑ Measurement of D‑D and D­6Li nuclear reactions at very low energies 271

 

E. KUZMANN, M. GAL, G.K. SOLYMOS and CS. SZELES – Moessbauer spectroscopic characterization of samples for cold fusion experiment 277

 

M. S. MATHUR, H.L. JOHNSTON, A. MIRZAI, J. S. C. McCKEE, G.R. SMITH, J. J. G. DUROCHER, K. FURUTANI, J. K. MAYER, Y. H. YEO, H. HNATIUK, S. KING, A. HEMPEL, K. S.SHARMA and G. WILLIAMS ‑ Recent modifications to the Manitoba deuterium implantation accelerator and a study of the properties of the online neutron monitor detector 283

 

H. S. UHM and W. M. LEE ‑ High deuterium concentration in palladium for application to cold fusion 289

 

INVITED PAPERS

 

H. IKEGAMI Cold fusion researches in Japan 297

 

X. Z. LI Chinese effort in understanding the "cold

fusion" phenomena 309

 

V. A. TSAREV ‑ Cold fusion studies in the USSR 319

 

J. O'M. BOCKRIS, D. HODKO and Z. MINEWSKI ‑ The mechanism of deuterium evolution on palladium: relation to heat bursts provoked by fluxing deuterium across the interface 337

 

S. PONS and M. FLEISCHMANN ‑ The calorimetry of electrode reactions and measurements of excess enthalpy generation in the electrolysis of D2 0 using Pd‑based cathodes 349

 

M. H. MILES, B. F. BUSH, G. S. OSTROM and J. J. LAGOWSKI‑ Heat and helium production in cold fusion experiments 363

 

G. WILL, K. CEDZYNSKA, M‑C YANG, J. R. PETERSON, H.E. BERGESON, S. C. BARROWES, W. J. WEST and D. C.LINTON ‑ Studies of electrolytic and gas phase loading of palladium with deuterium 373

 

H.0. MENLOVE, M. A. PACIOTTI, T. N. CLAYTOR and D. G. TUGGLE ‑Low‑background measurements of neutron emission from Ti metal in pressurized deuterium gas... 385

 

T.N. CLAYTOR, D.G. TUGGLE and H.O. MENLOVE ‑ Tritium generation and neutron measurements in Pd‑Si under high deuterium gas pressure...395

 

L. SCHLAPBACH - Hydrogen and its isotopes in and on metals       409

 

M. C. H. McKUBRE, R. ROCHA‑FILHO, S. I. SMEDLEY, F. L.TANZELLA, S. CROUCH‑BAKER, T. 0. PASSELL and J. SANTUCCI ‑ Isothermal flow calorimetric investigations

of the D/Pd system 419

 

F. SCARAMUZZI ‑ Survey of gas loading experiments .... . 445

 

G. PREPARATA ‑ Cold fusion: what do the laws of nature allow and forbid? 453

 

 

SUMMARIES

 

H. GERISCHER ‑ Is cold fusion a reality? The impressions of a critical observer 465

 

M. FLEISCHMANN ‑ The present status of research in cold fusion 475

 

 

APPENDIX

 

W. N. HANSEN ‑ Report to the Utah state Fusion/Energy Council on the analysis of selected Pons Fleischmann calorimetric data 491