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An attempt was made to detect neutrons from the so-called cold nuclear fusion of deuterium in palladium and titanium, both saturated with deuterium: the palladium electrolytically and the titanium from gas phase. The measurements were performed in a tunnel located 30 m deep in limestone, using3He filled proportional counters surrounded by water for neutron moderation. In all cases the detected neutron flux was practically equal to the background level. Very low upper limits to the neutron source strength were obtained from this experiment: 2×10−4 n.s−1g−1 Pd and 4.3×10−4 n.s−1g−1 Ti on the 1 level.
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Kocsis, M., Nyikos, L., Szentpétery, I. et al. Search for neutrons from cold nuclear fusion. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry Letters 145, 327–337 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02165073
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