Chemical reactions of energetic hydrogen isotopes with some materials and possibility of chemical energy formation applying hot zone formed by energetic atoms

In order to clarify the chemical behaviors of energetic atoms and to seek the possibility of chemical energy formation using energetic atoms, two sets of experiments are carried out using the energetic tritium atom and low energy hydrogen atoms. The difference between the results with energetic and low energy hydrogen atoms is explained in terms of hot zone. Finally, the idea of H2 formation using the hot zone is also presented. It is experimentally proved that the characteristic behavior of the energetic tritium atom against low energy or thermal hydrogen atom can be partly ascribed to the hot zone created by the energetic tritium itself. Therefore, the chemical state of energetic tritium at its resting site depends on the properties of the matrix. If Fe3O4 decomposes to FeO by the combination of high temperature and radiolysis in the hot zone created directly or indirectory by the fusion neutron, the formation of hydrogen using the Fe3O4-FeO redox cycle will become possible. (N.K.)