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Search for cold fusion induced by electrolysis in palladium

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A search for electrochemically induced cold fusion in palladium has been carried out in the Gran Sasso Underground Laboratory in order to suppress the background due to environmental neutrons. Both p-d and d-d fusion processes have been searched for. A characteristic of our experiment is the attempt to induce abnormal local concentrations of hydrogen isotopes in the cathode by artificially applying mechanical stresses. No evidence has been found for any signal of cold fusion; namely for excess of tritium,4He, heat and particularly for emissions of neutrons and gamma-rays, for whose determination our experiment has been specially conceived.

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Alessandrello, A., Bellotti, E., Cattadori, C. et al. Search for cold fusion induced by electrolysis in palladium. Nuov Cim A 103, 1617–1638 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02820307

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