Published November 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Measurement of anomalous neutron from deuterium/solid system

  • 1. Academia Sinica, Beijing, BJ (China). Inst. of Atomic Energy
  • 2. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA

Description

A series of experiments on both D2O electrolysis and thermal cycle of deuterium absorbed Ti Turnings are designed to examine the anomalous phenomena in Deuterium/Solid System. A neutron detector containing 16 BF3 tubes with a detection limit of 0.38 n/s for two hour counting is used for electrolysis experiments. No neutron counting rate statistically higher than detection limit is observed from Fleischmann and Pons type experiments. An HLNCC-II neutron detector equipped with 18 3He tubes and a JSR-11 shift register unit with a detection limit of 0.20 n/s for a two hour run are employed to study the neutron signals in D2 gas experiments. Ten batches of dry fusion samples are tested, among them, seven batches with neutron burst signals occur roughly at the temperature from -100 degrees centigrade to near room temperature. In the first four runs of a typical sample batch, seven neutron bursts are observed with neutron numbers from 15 to 482,which are 3 and 75 times, respectively, higher than the uncertainty of background. However, no bursts happened for H2 dummy samples running in between and afterwards and for sample batch after certain runs

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Journal Title
Atomic Energy Science and Technology
Journal Volume
25
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 84-92.
ISSN
1000-6931
CODEN
YKJIEZ