Posters (18th International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science)
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Item Anomalous heat induced by deuterium flux in a bunch of long-thin palladium tubes using PID method for calorimetry(University of Missouri, 2013) Zhanmin, Dong; Dong, Zhan M.; Zheng, Shu X.; Du, Qiang; Liang, Chang L.; Li, Xing Z.; International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (18th : 2013 : Columbia, Mo.)This is a poster that was submitted to the 18th Annual International Conference on Cold Fusion (ICCF).Item Recent results from gas loaded nanoparticle-type cluster power units(University of Missouri, 2013) Patel, Tapan; Ziehm, Erik; Osouf, Anaïs; Weichman, Kathleen; Stunkard, Bert; Lee, Kyungshin; Kim, Kyu-Jung; Miley, George; International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (18th : 2013 : Columbia, Mo.)This research was done is support of the development of modular 5 kW co-generation power cells by LENUCO LLC. The aim of this research was to determine the dependence of particle composition and initial temperature on peak power and total heat output. Three particle compositions, composing of various amounts of nickel, palladium and zirconium, have been studied. The effects of initial temperature are also discussed. Excess heat generation is seen and is theorized to be attributed to Low Energy Nuclear Reactions(LENR).Item The magnetic force acting between nucleons(University of Missouri, 2013) Dallacasa, Valerio; Cook, Norman D.; International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (18th : 2013 : Columbia, Mo.)If a nuclear lattice is indeed a better representation of nuclear structure than the gas-like IPM, then the fictitious, long-range, mean-field approach to the nuclear force is of course an unnecessary approximation of nucleon-nucleon interactions. Given the known dimensions of nuclei and nucleons, the known dimensions of the nuclear force and the known magnetic dipole properties of both protons and neutrons, it is sensible to ask what the short-range magnetic effects between nucleons might be.Item Hydrogen absorption and excess heat in a constantan wire with nanostructured surface(University of Missouri, 2013) Mastromatteo, U.; Celani, F.; Bertele, A.; International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (18th : 2013 : Columbia, Mo.)Constantan wires with a diameter of 200 microns and 25 to 60 cm length, previously treated to induce the formation of nanostructured layers on their surface, were used for excess heat tests in hydrogen atmosphere at different temperatures.Item Water-free replication of pons-fleischmann LENR(University of Missouri, 2013) McCarthy, William H.; International Conference on Condensed Matter Nuclear Science (18th : 2013 : Columbia, Mo.)Excess heat has been produced by a method conceptually similar to that of Pons and Fleischmann except that it does not involve electrolysis or even water (heavy or light). Instead of putting hydrogen into the system by operation for a few days, the hydrogen solute is quenched into the electrode alloy, by temperature and pressure, before the cell is assembled. The cell contains two hydrogenated alloy electrodes separated by an insulating textile layer. Substituting for the Pons-Fleischmann (P-F) electrolyte, an oil based conductor containing very fine particles of an electrically conducting solid is soaked into the separator textile. Thus, the cell is a low Q capacitor, with the nuclear active environment initially installed. I believe that a basis for the P-F effect is a critical distribution of electric current across the surface of the cathode, both spatially and temporally, that is regulated by the moving layer of electrolytic hydrogen bubbles on that surface. Erratic behaviour of those bubbles accounts for the inconsistency typically observed in P-F experiments. In my work, the fine particles in the conductor create near-point-sources of current that (with brownian motion) create the charge distribution that seems necessary to trigger the nuclear reaction producing P-F excess heat. Typically, the low Q capacitor method has yielded about 15% more thermal energy than electric power input. Excess heat increases disporportionally with increasing electrical current. The system seems far from optimized, however. With the oil-based conductor, excess heat appears almost immediately, and much more consistently, compared to the classic P-F method. There are also more, and more-controllable, variables for optimization of the effect. This presentation will report experiments using a well-controlled, evacuated, seebeck-type calorimeter using direct current activation. Total power is typically a few hundred milliwatts; electrode mass is one to two grams. Most experiments have been with copper based alloys; nickel is under way. Results with and without light hydrogen solute are shown. Use of additional alloying ingredients (especially boron) is described.