Analysis of the Published Calorimetric Evidence for Electrochemical Fusion of Deuterium in Palladium

Creators: Miskelly, Gordon M.; Heben, Michael J.; Kumar, Amit; Penner, Reginald M.; Sailor, Michael J.; Lewis, Nathan S.

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Estimates are given of the raw data that are the basis for the claims of excess power production by the electrochemical charging of palladium in deuterium oxide (D₂O). Calorimetric results are also presented that show no anomalous power production in either 0.1M LiOD/D₂O or 0.1M LiOH/H₂O (LiOH is lithium hydroxide). Several possible sources of error in open-system calorimetry are discussed that can confound interpretation of temperature changes in terms of anomalous power production.

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© 1989 American Association for the Advancement of Science. 21 June1 989; Accepted2 9 August 1989. Supported by the Office of Naval Research and under a special grant from the California Institute of Technology. We thank G. Kreysa and W. Meyerhof for supplying preprints of related work. We thank C. A. Barnes and S. E. Kellogg for helpful criticism of this manuscript. Contribution 7969 from the Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the Californian Institute of Technology.

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Analysis of the Published Calorimetric Evidence for Electrochemical Fusion of Deuterium in Palladium

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