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This is a comment on Storms (Naturwissenschaften 97:861–881, 2010) Status of Cold Fusion, Naturwissenschaften, 97:861–881. This comment provides the following corrections: other nuclear phenomena observed in low-energy nuclear reactions aside from helium-4 make significant contributions to the overall energy balance; and normal hydrogen, not just heavy hydrogen, produces excess heat.
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This is a comment on Storms E (2010) Status of Cold Fusion. Naturwissenschaften 97:861–881.
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Krivit, S.B. Nuclear phenomena in low-energy nuclear reaction research. Naturwissenschaften 100, 899–900 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00114-013-1080-z
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