Abstract
Experiments on cold nuclear fusion are performed on titanium deuteride (TiD{sub 2}) crystal warmed from liquid nitrogen temperature to room temperature. Fusion with an estimated thermal energy output much smaller than the expected level (10{sup 12} to 10{sup 13} fusion/s {circle dot} g{sup {minus}1}) is confirmed by neutron burst emission, but without excess heat production. In this paper by analyzing the temperature dependence of the neutron emission in the titanium-deuterium system, it is concluded that so-called cold nuclear fusion may actually be hot-spot fusion caused by a localized high voltage generated, along with fracture formation, in the TiD{sub 2} by lattice strain.
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