Nuclear-chemical transformations in the condensed phase

It is shown that processes of cold nuclear synthesis in deutero-saturated palladium may be determined by nuclear-chemical transformations with electron capture stages. Two types of such processes - electron capture by deuteron with hypothetical dineutron formation and three-piece processes of electron capture with deuterium and protium nuclei participation are analyzed. It is shown thereby that solid-phase matrix constitutes in this case nonlinear active medium undergoing structural rearrangements with formation of areas (sub-microcracks), wherein nuclear synthesis processes are realized. 51 refs