Note to users. If you're seeing this message, it means that your browser cannot find this page's style/presentation instructions -- or possibly that you are using a browser that does not support current Web standards. Find out more about why this message is appearing, and what you can do to make your experience of our site the best it can be.

Site Tools

  • AAAS
  • Subscribe
  • Feedback

Site Search

Search Advanced

Science 10 November 1989:
Vol. 246. no. 4931, pp. 793 - 796
DOI: 10.1126/science.246.4931.793
Prev | Table of Contents | Next

Articles

Analysis of the Published Calorimetric Evidence for Electrochemical Fusion of Deuterium in Palladium

Gordon M. Miskelly 1, Michael J. Heben 1, Amit Kumar 1, Reginald M. Penner 1, Michael J. Sailor 1, and Nathan S. Lewis 1

1 Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125

Estimates are given of the raw data that are the basis for the claims of excess power production by the electrochemical charging of palladium in deuterium oxide (D2O). Calorimetric results are also presented that show no anomalous power production in either 0.1M LiOD/D2O or 0.1M LiOH/H2O (LiOH is lithium hydroxide). Several possible sources of error in open-system calorimetry are discussed that can confound interpretation of temperature changes in terms of anomalous power production.

To Advertise     Find Products

Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)