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Rathindra Nath Biswas,
- Rathindra Nath Biswas Retired Head, MECON, Durgapur, India
Abstract
Two of the researchers of The University of Utah, USA in 1989 named Dr. Martin Fleishmann and Stanley Pons declared that they had discovered a sustained nuclear fusion reaction at room temperature during electrolysis experiment that could solve the problem of energy requirement on this planet. The cold fusion reaction, also called low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) takes place at room temperature, unlike conventional fusion reaction where temperature required is very high to sustain the reaction. This novel reaction has been seen to take place with some specific host metals like palladium, titanium, nickel, some superconducting ceramics in which hydrogen or isotopes of hydrogen are dissolved, and even in biological samples. Researchers have reported generation of excess heat, transmuted products like helium, isotopes of H, charged particles and sometimes neutrons. Dr Fleischmann used palladium in the experiments which, can absorb unusually vast amount of hydrogen, as high as 900 times its own volume. During electrolysis of water deuterium, (an isotope of hydrogen) is also produced. As hydrogen and deuterium are similar, differing by one neutron, the latter can also be sucked inside the crystals of palladium in surprisingly large amounts. Fleischmann put a hypothesis that deuterium atoms must be squeezed enough closely inside the Pd crystal enabling it to fuse into a single atom at low temperature releasing vast amount of energy, helium, charged particles and sometimes neutrons, a signature mark of nuclear reaction. In fact, as early as 1927, a scientist also recorded the same phenomena. Thereafter, many scientists tried to replicate the experiment but, failed to do so. So they dismissed the event as a gross error and even called it a hoax. However, a small group of researchers strongly believe that cold fusion is technically possible and they have been continuing the research work since then. At present about 200 scientists all over the world have been carrying out cold fusion experiments, sometimes called “low energy nuclear reaction” or LENR, in many universities and national laboratories to reinvent it and the same has been successfully replicated many a times indicating that LENR does indeed exist. It could provide us 1000 times more energy than we now use it without harming the environment and that is too pollution free, enabling fixing such nightmarish problem of global warming. The amount of money spent every day world-wide to generate energy is about $3.7 billon to purchase fossil fuel. If generation of energy is done through cold fusion route using heavy water, then the cost of generation would be drastically reduced, because only about 15 tons of heavy water would be required which costs about $3.5 million. The earth would be greener and if that fabulous cost of fossil fuel is spent on food, housing, education and infrastructure, mankind would face much less hardship in life. Cold fusion would change every product that human beings manufacture such as, for room heating, transport system, aeroplanes, space exploration, power plants, defence etc. The new devices would be much smaller, efficient and cost effective.
Keywords: LENR, Palladium, Deuterium, Quadium, NAE, NAS, Antineutrino
[This article belongs to Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology ]
Rathindra Nath Biswas. SCIENTISTS REINVENT LOW ENERGY NUCLEAR REACTION (LENR)/COLD FUSION. Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology. 2024; 14(03):-.
Rathindra Nath Biswas. SCIENTISTS REINVENT LOW ENERGY NUCLEAR REACTION (LENR)/COLD FUSION. Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology. 2024; 14(03):-. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/tmet/article=2024/view=184006
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Trends in Mechanical Engineering & Technology
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 03 |
| Received | 14/09/2024 |
| Accepted | 28/10/2024 |
| Published | 19/11/2024 |
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