A Calorimetric Investigation of Deuterated Palladium Electrodes

Abstract

Calorimetric experiments were conducted to verify the caloric claims by Fleischmann and Pons. A twin-cell heat conduction calorimeter was used, rather than the quasiadiabatic instrumentation of the original investigation. Under similar electrochemical conditions, the output of heat powers from experimental cells of Pd in 0.1 M LiOD/D2O and that from control cells of Pd in 0.1 M LiOH/H2O and Pt in 0.1 M LiOD/D2O were all in close agreement with input heat powers using simple theory. These results show no anomalous 'excess heat', as claimed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA237634

Entities

People

  • Charles W. Walker Jr.
  • Edward J. Plichta
  • Sol Gilman
  • Steven Slane
  • T. Richard Jow

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Body Weight
  • Calibration
  • Calorimeters
  • Calorimetry
  • Cells
  • Current Density
  • Deuterium
  • Electrochemical Cells
  • Electrodes
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Sinks
  • Heavy Water
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Stainless Steel

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  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Theoretical Analysis.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.