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An experiment was performed in order to detect cold fusion in an electrochemical set-up similar to that described by Fleischmannet al. The detection of gamma-rays from deuteron formation was made with a NaI(Tl) scintillator. Upper bounds for the neutron production rate of 0.53 c/s and 0.23 c/s for the stationary and the transient processes, respectively, were determined.
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This research work was financially supported by the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) and the Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CIC). AEB is member of the Research Career of CIC.
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García, A.R.L., Vucetich, H., Bolzán, A.E. et al. Gamma-radiation detection limits for electrochemically induced deuterium cold-fusion rates. Nuov Cim A 105, 987–992 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730839
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