Abstract
A high-pressure chamber is filled with 1.2 kbar molecular deuterium (DHPC). The palladium rod saturated with deuterium is loaded inside the DHPC and irradiated with 10-MeV bremsstrahlung γ-quanta for 18 h with a 11–13 μA electron beam using the MT-25 electron accelerator. The elemental compositions of all surfaces of the DHPC element inside the dense deuterium gas were studied using scanning electronic microscopes with X-ray microelement microprobe analysis. It is found that all surfaces, including the surface of a high-purity palladium rod (99.995%), are covered with a partly homogeneous layer or large microparticles of lead. Also, light elements such as 6C, 8O, 11Na, 12Mg, 13Al, 14Si, 22Ti, 25Mn, 26Fe, 29Cu, and 30Zn and heavy metals such as 47Ag, 73Ta, 74W, 78Pt, 79Au, and 82Pb are observed. Possible processes that can cause the anomalies observed in the newly formed chemical elements are briefly discussed.
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