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| Low energy nuclear reactions (LENR) as part of condensed matter nuclear science (CMNS) and as one of the most controversial topics in science recently attracted widespread attention when it had come to the decision to re evaluate the almost forgotten experimental data generated over many years starting in 1989 with the Pons-Fleischmann experiment. However, the current status of this research does not allow an unambiguous explanation in giving the reasoning for D-D collisions at room temperature, at least, not on the basis of conventional knowledge. Therefore, in this presentation we attempt to briefly outline a new approach with which to explain the physics of LENR, and here, in discussing this issue, we distinguish between three kinds of materials with which LENR effects may be likely to be observed: 1) transition-metal hydrides/deuterides, 2) hydrocarbons, and 3) biological cells. We present an extensive phenomenological investigation on LENR effects describing, based on TNCF and ND models, the most crucial factors, to our mind, responsible to achieve D-D collisions. The most interesting common factor can be seen in the physical characteristics of the host nuclei that stays in strong interaction with the deuterons absorbed and placed within interstitial sites of the host lattice. |
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New Energy Technology
1:30 PM-5:15 PM, Sunday, March 22, 2009 Hilton -- Alpine Ballroom West, Oral
Division of Environmental Chemistry |