RF detection and anomalous heat production during electrochemical loading of deuterium in palladium

DOI 10.12910/EAI2014-62

Vittorio Violante, Emanuele Castagna, Stefano Lecci, Guglielmo Pagano, Mirko Sansovini, Francesca Sarto

The production of excess power during electrochemical loading of palladium with deuterium was discovered in 1989 by Prof Martin Fleischmann and Prof Stanley Pons. In this article a picture of the research activities performed to correlate the effect and the material status is given. The structures of the electrochemical interface during the excess event and in the absence of excess power are compared, revealing a resonant equivalent circuit when the electrode is active. RF signals have also been detected when the anomalous heat production takes place

Vittorio Violante, Emanuele Castagna, Stefano Lecci, Guglielmo Pagano, Mirko Sansovini, Francesca Sarto - ENEA, Technical Unit for Nuclear Fusion