Nuclear transmutation and isotopic shifts on cathode involved in two electrode electrolysis set up
- 1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur (India)
- 2. Department of Chemical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur (India)
Description
We demonstrate nuclear transmutation in cathodes made of pure Ni, pure Cu, Ni-Fe alloy and Kanthal via two electrode light water electrolysis undertaken at voltage bias of 25-30 V against graphite anodes at atmospheric pressure for 1 to 12 hours of cathodic hydrogen loading. Pure Ni cathode predominantly transmutes to Fe and Cu, pure Cu cathode transmutes to Fe and Mg, Kanthal shows the appearance of Cu and Mg and the Ni-Fe alloy transmutes to Mg and Cu. Our primary mode of cathode material characterization is EDS and WDS. The utilization of graphite as an anode is gainful in avoiding anode-driven contamination and establishes a distinct upper bound in the fusion products (Cu), which is different from upper bounds in previous studies (Pb or Ag) with Pt anode
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
- Imprint Place
- Mumbai (India)
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings of the fifteenth biennial DAE-BRNS symposium on nuclear and radiochemistry: book of abstracts
- Imprint Pagination
- 423 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 135
Conference
- Title
- 15. biennial DAE-BRNS symposium on nuclear and radiochemistry
- Acronym
- NUCAR-2021
- Dates
- 22-26 Feb 2022
- Place
- Mumbai (India)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- India
- Country of Input or Organization
- India
- INIS RN
- 53106546
- Subject category
- S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- GRAPHITE; IRON ALLOYS; ISOTOPE RATIO; MAGNESIUM; SPECTRAL SHIFT; TRACE AMOUNTS
- Descriptors DEC
- ALKALINE EARTH METALS; ALLOYS; CARBON; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTS; METALS; MINERALS; NONMETALS; TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS