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Neutron Burst from a High-Voltage Discharge Between Palladium Electrodes in D2 Gas

Yeong E. Kim

Fusion Science and Technology / Volume 18 / Number 4 / December 1990 / Pages 680-682

Technical Notes on Cold Fusion / dx.doi.org/10.13182/FST90-A29263

A recent experimental observation of a neutron flux burst at a rate of 2 × 104 times the background rate during a high-ac voltage stimulation between two deuterated palladium electrodes in D2 gas is explained in terms of the experimentally measured deuterium-deuterium (D-D) fusion cross sections. Theoretical criteria and experimental conditions for improving D-D fusion rates with the use of pulsed high-dc voltages are described.