Cold FusionCold Fusion

By Kevin Yuen By Kevin Yuen AndAndLogan MercerLogan Mercer

Nuclear EnergyNuclear Energy FissionFission Splits atomSplits atom Comparatively not as Comparatively not as

much energy requiremuch energy require Huge energy comes Huge energy comes

outout Very expensiveVery expensive Very dangerousVery dangerous

Regular FusionRegular Fusion Fuses atomFuses atom Massive energy Massive energy

requiredrequired Little net gain.Little net gain. Very ExpensiveVery Expensive Can be dangerous.Can be dangerous.

Fusion vs Cold FusionFusion vs Cold Fusion FusionFusion Occurs at Occurs at

10,000,000 10,000,000 FahrenheitFahrenheit

Very expensive. High Very expensive. High energy.energy.

Cold FusionCold Fusion Occurs at room Occurs at room

temperature.temperature. Very cheap. Low Very cheap. Low

energyenergy

Cold Fusion processCold Fusion process

Heavy water and PdClHeavy water and PdCl22 Heavy water: HHeavy water: H22O with Deuterium. O with Deuterium. Deuterium: Hydrogen with a neutronDeuterium: Hydrogen with a neutron Cathode and Anode for currentCathode and Anode for current Mysterious Deuterium/Neutron products.Mysterious Deuterium/Neutron products. Mysterious Energy ProducedMysterious Energy Produced Law of Conservation of Energy?? Law of Conservation of Energy??

What actually happens?What actually happens? 2 Deuterium fuse to form helium and 24 2 Deuterium fuse to form helium and 24

MeVMeV

D + D D + D 44He + 24 MeVHe + 24 MeV

D is Deuterium, or D is Deuterium, or 22H H

How much is 24 MeV?How much is 24 MeV? 1MeV = 1.602 x 101MeV = 1.602 x 10-13 -13 JJ 1.602 x 101.602 x 10-13 -13 J = 1.602 x 10J = 1.602 x 10-13 -13 WW So the reaction nets:So the reaction nets: 3.8448 x 103.8448 x 10-12 -12 WW So it takes 26,000,000,000,000 reactions So it takes 26,000,000,000,000 reactions

to power a 100 watt bulb.to power a 100 watt bulb. This takes 52,000,000,000,000 This takes 52,000,000,000,000

deuterium molecules. deuterium molecules.

Even More Math Even More Math 52,000,000,000,000 D52,000,000,000,000 D 1 Mole = 6.02 x 101 Mole = 6.02 x 102323 Molecules Molecules 8.64 x 108.64 x 10-11 -11 Moles of D are needed to Moles of D are needed to

power 100 watts, or 1 Light Bulb.power 100 watts, or 1 Light Bulb.

That’s a lot of energy for a little reaction.That’s a lot of energy for a little reaction.

Maybe Not.Maybe Not. This occurred once March 23,1989This occurred once March 23,1989 Experiment has never been repeatedExperiment has never been repeated Fleischmann and Pons data may be Fleischmann and Pons data may be

wrongwrong Found many sources of error in dataFound many sources of error in data Found that they had screwed up.Found that they had screwed up.

Fail. Fail.

Cold fusion becomes frowned Cold fusion becomes frowned upon…upon…

But wait!But wait! March 23, 2009March 23, 2009 Did the same electrolytic reaction.Did the same electrolytic reaction. Used CR-39 to detect particlesUsed CR-39 to detect particles Found the above tracks in the plastic.Found the above tracks in the plastic. Shows signs of Neutrons.Shows signs of Neutrons. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323110450.htm

CR-39? CR-39? CH2=CH-CH2-O-CO-O-CH2CH2-O-CH2CH2-O-CO-O-CH2-CH=CH2 CH2=CH-CH2-O-CO-O-CH2CH2-O-CH2CH2-O-CO-O-CH2-CH=CH2

So?So? If neutrons are floating around, nucleuses If neutrons are floating around, nucleuses

have to be breaking apart. have to be breaking apart. That means nuclear reactions are going That means nuclear reactions are going

onon That means we have a save and almost That means we have a save and almost

unlimited energy source!unlimited energy source!

Energy:Energy: Having an unlimited source is very Having an unlimited source is very

economic.economic. Our country would become the energy Our country would become the energy

superpower.superpower. Definitely help our economic situation.Definitely help our economic situation. Not polluting/bad/green house/Not polluting/bad/green house/

Funding?Funding? Very insufficient funds to really push Very insufficient funds to really push

forward the research.forward the research. Nobody wants to invest when the Nobody wants to invest when the

researchers are liars. researchers are liars. Unlikely to receive more funding until Unlikely to receive more funding until

they show more improvement.they show more improvement.

Have a beary nice day. Have a beary nice day. Thank you beary much.Thank you beary much.

Sources: Sources: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090323110450.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Fusionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_Fusion

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j2QobOQnlULUZ7oalSRUVjnlHjngALeqM5j2QobOQnlULUZ7oalSRUVjnlHjng

http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/18/18580/1.htmlhttp://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/18/18580/1.html

http://jlnlabs.online.fr/cfr/html/cfr10.htmhttp://jlnlabs.online.fr/cfr/html/cfr10.htm

http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/nuctek/energyconvert.htmlhttp://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/nuctek/energyconvert.html

Interview with Kaveh Shakeri. Interview with Kaveh Shakeri.