Search for neutron emission from deuterium-loaded palladium
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review C
- Vol. 40 (1) , R1-R2
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevc.40.r1
Abstract
The recent reports of neutron emission due to nuclear fusion of deuterium during the electrolysis of heavy water with a palladium cathode are investigated. The results for an electrode with a deuterium-to-palladium atom ratio of 0.6 show that, at the two-sigma level, fewer than 0.002 neutrons/g sec are emitted. A search for very high neutron-multiplicity events caused by multiple muon catalysis in the palladium cathode showed no such events.Keywords
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