Published June 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Absence of tritium yield in metal-deuterium systems

  • 1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow oblast, 141980 (Russian Federation)
  • 2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bologna (Italy)
  • 3. Universita di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica, via Irnerio 46, I-40126 Bologna (Italy)

Description

Within errors of measurements, no tritium yield due to low-temperature nuclear dd fusion is observed in titanium of various modifications and in intermetallic compounds ZrNbV, LaCo5, LaNi4.9Al0.1, and MM0.7Ti0.3Mn2 saturated with deuterium. At a 90% confidence level, upper limits on the rate of dd fusion with tritium production in titanium and intermetallic compounds are found to be as follows: λf(Ti)≤2x10-23 s-1 (dd)-1 and λfeff (Ti; intermet.)≤6x10-24 s-1 (dd)-1

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Atomic Nuclei
Journal Volume
59
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 934-937
ISSN
1063-7788
CODEN
PANUEO

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Notes
Translated from Yadernaya Fizika, ISSN 0044-0027, 59, 976-980 (June 1996); (c) 1996 MAIK/Interperiodika