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Contents
Preface
H.
Ikegami ..................................................................................................................................... iii
I. Invited Papers
Excess
Heat
Excess
Power Observations in Electrochemical Studies of the D/Pd System; the Influence
of Loading
M.
C. H. McKubre, S. Crouch‑Baker, A. M. Riley, S. I. Smedley and F. L. Tanzella .................... 5
Measurement of
Excess Heat from a Pons‑Fleischmann Type Electrolytic Cell
E.
Storms ...................................................................................................................................... 21
Deuterium
Loading Ratio and Excess Heat Generation during Electrolysis of Heavy Water
by a Palladium Cathode in a Closed Cell
Using a Partially Immersed Fuel Cell Anode
K.
Kunimatsu, N. Hasegawa, A. Kubota, N. Imai, M. Ishikawa, H. Akita and Y.
Tsuchida ........ 31
Calorimetry of
the PD.D2O System: from Simplicity via Complications to Simplicity
M.
Fleischmann and S. Pons ........................................................................................................ 47
Electrochemical
Calorimetry of D2O Electrolysis Using a Palladium Cathode in a
Closed Cell System
N.
Oyama, T. Terashima, S. Kasahara, O. Hatozaki, T. Ohsaka and T. Tatsuma ....................... 67
Heat Production
at the Heavy Water Electrolysis Using Mechanically Treated Pd Cathode
K.
Ota, M. Kuratsuka, K. Ando, Y. Iida, H. Yoshitake and N. Kamiya 71
Repeated Heat
Bursts in the Electrolysis of D2O
C.
M. Wan, C. J. Lihn, Z. H. Chin, C. Y. Liang, S. K. Chen, C. C. Wan and T. P.
Perng .. .. 75
Anomalous Excess Heat by D2O/Pd
Cell under L‑H Mode Electrolysis
A.
Takahashi, A. Mega, T. Takeuchi, H. Miyamaru and T. Iida ................................................... 79
Measurements of Excess Heat and Tritium during Self‑Biased
Pulsed Electrolysis of Pd‑D2O
F. Celani, A. Spallone, P.Tripodi and A.
Nuvoli .......................................................................... 93
"Quasi‑Plasma"
Transport Model in Deuterium Overloaded Palladium Cathodes
A.
de Ninno and V. Violante
107
Calorimetric
Principles and Problems in Pd‑D2O Electrolysis
M.
H. Miles and B. F. Bush .............................................................................................................. 113
Tritium and Excess Heat
Generation during Electrolysis of Aqueous Solutions of Alkali
M.
Srinivasan, A. Shyam, T. K. Sankaranarayanan, M. B. Bajpai,
H. Ramamurthy, U. K. Mukherjee, M. S.
Krishnan, M. G. Nayar and Y. P. Naik ..................... 123
The January 2, 1992, Explosion in a
Deuterium/Palladium Electrolytic System at SRI International
S.
I. Smedley, S. Crouch~Baker, M. C. H. McKubre and F. L. Tanzella .................................... 139
Nuclear Products
Experiments with Global
Detection of Cold Fusion Byproducts
D.
Gozzi, P. L. Cignini, R. Caputo,M. Tomellini, G. Balducci, G. Gigh ` E.
Cisbani,
S. Frullani, F. Gadbaldi, M. Jodice and
G. M. Urciuoli 155
Possible Nuclear
Reactions Mechanisms at Glow Discharge in Deuterium
A.
B. Karabut, Y. R. Kucherov, L B. Savvatimova ...................................................................... 165
Experimental
Studies on the Anomalous Phenomenon in Pd Metal Loaded with Deuterium
D. L. Wang, S. H. Chen, D. X. Fan, W. J.
Chen, Y. J. Li, Y. B. Fu and X. W. Zhang ...............169
Energy of the
Neutrons Emitted in Heavy Water Electrolysis
M. Nakada, T. Kusunoki and M. Okamoto
..........................173
Direct Evidence
for Nuclear Fusion Reactions in Deuterated Palladium
E.
Yamaguchi and T. Nishioka ................................ ...........................179
Search for
Anomalous Effects Involving Excess Power and Helium during D2O
Electrolysis Using Palladium Cathodes
M. H. Miles and B. F. Bush
................................................189
Deuteron Fusion
Experiment with Ti and Pd Foils Implanted with Deuteron Beams
T. Iida, M. Fukuhara, H. Miyazaki, Y.
Sueyoshi, Sunarno, J. Datemichi and A. Takahashi ..........201
Observation of
High Energy Protons Emitted in the TiDx + D Reaction at Ed = 150 keV
and Anomalous Concentration of 3He
J. Kasagi,
K. Ishii, M. Hiraga and K. Yoshihara ..................................209
Evolution of
T~itium from Deuterided Palladium Subject to High Electrical Currents
T. N. Claytor, D. G. Tuggle and S. F. Taylor
......................................217
Tritium and
Helium Production in Palladium Electrodes and the Fugacity of Deuterium Therein
J. OM. Bockris, C. Chien, D. Hodko and Z.
Minevski ..........231
Reproducible Nuclear Reactions during
Interaction of Deuterium with Oxide Tungsten Bronze
K.
Kaliev, A. Baraboshkin, A. Samgin, E. Golikov, A. Shalyapin, V. Andreev and P.
Goluburchiy 241
Is Reported
"Excess Heat" Due to Nuclear Reactions ?
D.
B. BueNer, L. D. Hansen, S. E. Jones and L. B. Rees 245
Materials
and Hydrogen Behavior
Hydrogen/ Deuterium Concentration in
Pd under Cathodic Polarization
M.
Enyo 255
The ABC's of the
Hydrogen‑Metal System
Y.
Fukai ....................................................................................................................................... 265
Some
Observations Related to the Presence of Hydrogen and Deuterium in Palladium
D.
R. Coupland, M. L. Doyle, J. W. Jenkins, J. H. F. Notton, R. J. Potter and D.
T. Thompson 275
Deuterium
Concentration Profiles and Crystallization Anomalies in Electrolytically Deuterated
Titanium Plates
B.
Escarpizo, J, F. Fernandez, F. Cuevas, J Tornero and C. Sanchez............................................. 285
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Theory and Modeling
Coherent and Semi‑Coherent Neutron
Transfer Reactions
P.
L. lIagelstein ........................................................................................................................... 297
Nuclear Fusion
in Condensed Matter
V.
Romodanov, V. Savin, Ya. Skuratnik and Yv. Timofeev. ....................................................... 307
Condensed Matter
Effects for Cold and Hot Fusion
Y. E. Kim, M.
Rabinowitz, R. A. Rice and J. ‑H. Yoon ................................................................ 321
New Hydrogen
Energies in Specially Structured Dense Media: Capillary Chemistry and Capillary
Fusion
J.-R
Vigicr .......................................................................... ..................................325
Activity
Review
Cold Fusion
Researches in China ‑ From Confirmation to Analysing the Mechanism
X. Li ..................................337
Cold Fusion
Researches in Russia
V.
Ts a re v ................................................................................................................................. 341
Cold Fusion
Research in Italy
F.
Scaramuzzi ............................................................................................................................. 353
II Contributed Papers
Chapter I : Excess Heat
Study of
Deuterium Charging in Palladium by the Electrolysis of Heavy
Water: Search for Heat Excess and Nuclear Ashes
L. Bertalot, F.
de Marco, A. de Ninno, A. La Barbera, F. Scaramuzzi, V. Violante and P. Zeppa
........365
Cold Fusion Reaction Products and
Behaviour of Deuterium Absorption in Pd Electrode
T.
Mizuno, T. Akimoto, K. Azumi and M. Enyo ................................................................... 373
Observation of Excess
Heat during Electrolysis of IM LiOD in a Fuel Cell Type Closed Cell
N. Hasegawa, K. Kunimatsu, T. Ohi and T.
Terasawa .............................................................. 377
On the Explosion
in a Deuterium/ Palladium Electrolytic System
X.
Zhang, W. Zhang, D. Wang, S. Chen Y. Fu, D. Fan and W. Chen.............................................. 381
Measurements of
D/Pd and Excess Heat during Electrolysis of LiOD in a Fuel-Cell Type Closed
Cell Using a Palladium Sheet Cathode
M. Kobayashi, N. Imai, N. Hasegawa A.
Kubota and K. Kunimatsu ........................................ 385
Anomalous Heat
Generation/Absorption in Pd/Pd/LiOD/D2O/1'd Electrolysis System
C.
M. Wan, S. K. Chen, C. Y Liang, C. J. Linn, C. J. Linn, S. B. Chu and C. C. Wan
............... 389
Periodicall.7
Current‑ Controlled Electrolysis of D2O/Pd System for Excess Heat
Production
H.
Miyamaru and A. Takahashi ................................................................................................. ...............393
Some Lessons
from 3 Years of Electrochemical
Calorimetry
M.
E. Melich and W. N. Hansen ...................................................................................................... 397
A Potential
Shuttle Mechanism for Charging Hydrogen Species into Metals in Hydride‑
Containing Molten Salt Systems
B.
Y Liaw and B. E. Liebert ............................................................................................................. 401
X
Experiments Supporting the
Transmission Resonance Model for Cold Fusion in Light Water: I. Correlation
of Isotopic and Elemental Evidence with Excess Heat
R.
T. Bush and R. D. Eagleton ..................................................................................................... 405
Experimental
Studies Supporting the Transmission Resonance Model for Cold Fusion
in Light Water: II Correlation of X‑Ray
Emission with Excess Power
R.
T. Bush and R. D. Eagleton ..................................................................................................... 409
Implications of
Isoperibolic Electrode Calorimetry for Cold Fusion: The Silica Effect
E.
E. Cdddle.................................................................................................................................. 417
Excess Heat
Production in Electrolysis of Potassium Carbonate Solution with Nickel
Electrodes
R.
Notoya and M. Enyo .................................................................................................................... 421
Excess Heat
Produced during Electrolysis of H2O on Ni, Au, Ag and Sn Electrodes in
Alkaline Media
T.
Ohmori and M. Enyo ................................................................................................................... 427
Chapter II : Nuclear
Products
Measurement of 2.5 MeV Neutron Emission from Ti/D and Pd/D Systems
M.
Agnello, E. Botta, T. Bressani, D. Calvo, A. Feliciello, P. Gianotti, F. Iazzi,
C. Lamberti, B. Minetti and A. Zecchina ........................................................................................................................................ 433
Evidence for
Stimulated Emission of Neutrons in Deuterated Palladium
B.
Stella, M. Corradi, F. Ferrarotto, V. Milone, F. Celani and A. Spallone ............................... 437
"Cold"
Fusion in a Complex Cathode
Y.
Arata and Y. ‑C. Zhang ............................................................................................................ 441
Neutron
Measurements in a AC‑Discharged Tube
W.
X. Liang, D. M. Xu, G. Y. Zhang, Z. L. Yao and E. Y. Wang .................................................. 445
Anomalous
Effects in Deuterium/Metal Systems
H.
Q. Long, S. H. Sun, H. Q. Liu, R. S. Xie, X. W. Zhang and W. S. Zhang.. .............................. 447
The Anomalous Nuclear Effects Inducing by
the Dynamic Low Pressure Gas Discharge in a Deuterium/Palladium System
H. Q.
Long, R. S. Xie, S. H. Sun, H. Q. Liu, J. B. Gan, B. R. Chen, X. W. Zhang and
W. S. Zhang 455
. Neutron
Monitoring on Cold Fusion Experiments
L J.
Yuan C.M. Wan, C.Y. Liang and S.K. Chen 461
Neutron Emission
from Palladium Electrodes in Deuterium Gas under Highly Non-uniform Electric
Fiel
H.
Yamada, N. Sugaya, T. Kamioka, M. Matsukawa, T. Fuliiwara and K Noto.......................... 465
Neutron Emission from
Crushing Process of High Piezoelectric Matter in Deuterium Gas
T.
Shirakawa, M. Chiba, M. Fujii, K. Sueki, S. Miyamoto, Y. Nakamitu,H. Todumi, T.
Uehara, H. Miura, T. Watanabe, K. Fukushima,T. Hirose, T. Seimiya and H.
Nakahara .................................................. 469
A Search for Fracture-Induced
Nuclear Fusion in Some Deuterium-Loaded Materials
K. Watanabe, Y. Fukai, N. Niimura and O.
Konno 473
Search for
Excess Heat, Neutron Emission and Tritium Yield from Electrochemically Charged
Palladium in D2O
S. Isagawa, Y. Kanda and T. Suzuki
................ .
477
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Measurement of Neutrons
in Electrolysis at Low Temperature Range
M.
Fujii, M. Chiba, K. Fukushima, M. Katada, T. Hirose, K. Kubo, H. Miura, S.
Miyamoto, H. Nakahara, Y. Nakamitsu, T. Seimiya, T. Shirakawa, K. Sueki, H.
Todumi, T. Uehara and T. Watanabe ........ 481
Limit on Fast Neutrons
from D-D Fusion in Deuterized Pd by Means of Ge Detector
E.
Choi, H. Ejiri and H. Ohsumi ................................................................................................. 485
Statistically
Significant Increase in Neutron Counts for Palladium Plate Filled with
Deuterons by Electrolysis
M.
Fujiwara and K. Sakuta ........................................................................................................ 491
Detection of
Neutron and Tritium during Electrolysis of D2SO4 ‑ D2O
Solution
O.
Matsumoto, K. Kimura, Y. Saito, H. Uyama, T. Yaita, A. Yamaguchi and O. Suenaga
........ 495
Production of
Neutron and Tritium from D2O Electrolysis with Palladium Cathode
G.
Y. Fan, X. F. Wang, G. S. Huang, H. Y. Zhou, Z.E.Han,Z.D. Wu .......................................... 499
The FERMI Apparatus and a Measurement
of Tritium Production in an Electrolytic Experiment
B.
Stella, M. Alessio, M. Corradi, F. Croce, F. Ferrarotto, S. Improta, N. Iucci,
V. Milone, G. Villoresi, F. Celani, A. Spallone ................................................................................................................... ....................... 503
Time‑Evolution
of Uitium Concentration in the Electrolyte of Prolonged Cold Fusion Experiments
and its Relation to the Ti Cathode Surface Treatment
J. Sevilla, B.
Escarpizo, F. Fernandez, F. Cuevas and C. Sanchez ............... .. 507.
The Change of Tritium Concentration
during the Electrolysis of D2O in Various Electrolytic Cells
K. ‑H.
Lee and Y. ‑M. Kim ...................................................................................... 511
Comments on
Methodology of Excess Tritium Determination
S.
Szpak, P. A. Mosier‑Boss and J. J. Smith ............................................................................... 515
Fine Structure
of the Charged Particle Bursts Induced by D2O Electrolysis
R.
Taniguchi and T. Yamamoto .................................................................................................. 519
Measurement of
Protons and Observation of the Change of Electrolysis Parameters in the
Calvanostatic Electrolysis of the 0.1 M‑LiOD/D2O Solution
S. Miyamoto, K.
Sueki, H. Iwai, M. Fujii, T. Shirakawa, H. Miura,T. Watanabe, H. Toriumi, T.
Uehara, Y. Nakamitsu, M. Chiba,T. Hirose and H. Nakahara
......................................................... 523
Helium
Isotopes from Deuterium Absorbed in LaNi5
H. Sakaguchi, G. Adachi and K.
Nagao ................................ 527
The Detection of 'He in Ti-Cathode
on Cold Fusion
Q. F. Zhang, Q.
Q. Gou, Z. H. Zhu, B. L. Xio, J. M. Lou,F. S. Liu, J. X. S. , Y. G. Ning, H.
Xie and Z. G. Wang ................... 531
Real Time
Measurements of the Energetic Charged Particles and the Loading Ratio (D/Pd)*
D. W. Mo, L.
Zhang, B. X. Chen, Y. S. Liu, S. Y. Doing, M. Y. Yao, L. Y. Zhou, H. G. Huang,
X. Z. Li, X. D. Shen, S. C. Wang, T. S. Kang and N. Z. Huang
..................................... ................... 535
Detection of
Radioactive Emissions in the Electrolytic Deuteriding‑Dedeuteriding Reactions
of Pd and Ti
H.
Uchida, Y. Hamada, Y. Matsumura and T. Hayashi .............................................................. 539
The Sensitising
Phenomenon of X‑Ray Film in the Experiment of Metals Loaded with Deuterium
S. H. Chen, D. L. Wang, W. J. Chen, Y. J.
Li, Y B. Fu and X.W. Zhang ......................................................... 543
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Phenomenon of Low
Energy Emissions from Hydrogen/ Deuterium Loaded Palladium
R. K. Rout, A. Shyam, M. Shnivasan and A. B.
Garg ........................... .... 547
Electron Impact
WH and D‑D Fusions in Molecules Embedded in Al
K.
Kamada .................................................................... .... 551
Observations on
the Biological Cold Fusion or the Biological Transmutation of Elements
H. Komaki ............................................................................................................................. 555
Chapter III : Materials and
Hydrogen Behavior
TEM Investigation of
Hydrogen Ordering in Pd
C. L.
Hsu, C. M. Wan and F. ‑R. Chen ................ 561
Hydrogen and Deuterium Absorption
by I'd Cathode in a Fuel‑Cell Type Closed Cell
Kubota,
H. Akita, Y. Tsuchida, T. Saito, A. Kubota, N. Hasegawa, N. Imai, N. Hayakawa
and K.Kunimatsu ...........565
Preparation of Pd Electrodes and
Their Hydrogen Loading Ratios
T. Sano, T.
Terasawa T. Ohi and S. Nezu .................................. 569
Absorption of Hydrogen into
Palladium Foil Electrode: Effect of Thiourea
T. Nakata, Y.
Tsuchida and K. Kunimatsu .........................................573
In‑Situ
Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance Studies of Water Electrolysis at a
Palladium Cathode
N. Oyama, N.
Yamamoto and T. Tatsuma .........................577
A Role of Lithium for the Neutron Emission in Heavy
Water Electrolysis
M.
Nakada, T. Kusunoki, M. Okamoto and O. Odawara 581
Chapter 1V : Theory and
Modelling
Tunnel
Disintegration and Neutron Emission Probability
T. Tani
and Y. Kobayashi ..................................................... 589
Field Formation of the Condensed
Matter Fusion by Electro-Transport of Deuterium in Palladium
M.
Tamaki and K. Tasaka....... 593
The Combined Resonance Tunnelling and Semi‑Resonance
Level in Low Energy D‑D Reaction
X. Z. Li
D. Z. Jin and L. Chana......................................................................................................... 597
Lawson Criterion Made
Obsolete by Cold Fusion through the Double Screening Process
M.
Rambaut ..................................................................................................................................... 601
Fracto-fusion
Mechanism
K.
Yasui ............................. 605
Is Sono-Fusion
to be a Possible Mechanism for Cold Fusion ?
K.
Fukushima .................................................................................................................................. 609
Review for
"Nattoh" Model and Experimental Findings during Cold Fusion
T.
Matsumoto ... .......................................................................................................................... .
613
Thermodynamic
Theory of Cold Nuclear Fusion (C. N. F)
Z.
L. Zhang and S. L Liu ................................................................................................................. 617
Ion Band State
Fusion
S.
R. Chubb and T. A. Chubb ....................................................................................................... . 623
Solid State
Boson Condensation Model of Cold Fusion
J.
T. Waber ...................................................................................................................................... 627
Mechanism of
Cold Nuclear Fusion in Palladium
K.
Tsuchiya, K. Ohashi and M. Fukuchi ......................................................................................... 633
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A Mechanism for Cold Nuclear Fusion:
Barrier Reduction by Screening under Transient
Coherent Flow of Deuterium
N.
Matsunarni ............................................................................................................................ 637
Quantum Mechanics on
Cold Fusion
N.
Yabuuchi ................................... ...................................................... ..............641
A Physical Description of
Cold Fusion
E. L.
Ragland ........................................................................................................................ 649
Multi-layer Thin Film
Electrodes for Cold Fusion
G. H. Miley, J.
U. Patel, J. Javedani, H. Hora, J. C. Kelly and J. Tompkins 659
Electrodeless, Multi‑Megawatt
Reactor for Room-Temperature, Lithium‑6/ Deuterium Nuclear
Reactions
J.
Drexler .................................................................................................................................... 663
Conference Program ................................................................................................................. 669
International Advisory Committee ........................................................................................... 679
Organizing Committee ............................................................................................................... 680
List of Sponsors ......................................................................................................................... 681
Exhibits and Demonstrations .................................................................................................... 681
List of
Participants .............................
Author Index................................................................................................................................ 695