Cold Fusion - BBC Horizon 2 of 5.wmv

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Cold fusion refers to nuclear fusion of atoms at conditions close to room temperature, in contrast to the conditions of well-understood fusion reactions such as those inside stars and high energy experiments. Interest in the field was dramatically increased on March 23, 1989 when Martin Fleischmann, then one of the world's leading electro-chemists,[1] and Stanley Pons reported that they had produced fusion in a tabletop experiment involving electrolysis of heavy water on a palladium (Pd) electrode.[2] They reported anomalous heat production ("excess heat") of a magnitude they asserted would defy explanation except in terms of nuclear processes. They further reported measuring small amounts of nuclear reaction byproducts, including neutrons and tritium.[3] These reports raised hopes of a cheap and abundant source of energy.[4]

Enthusiasm turned to skepticism as replication failures were weighed in view of several reasons cold fusion is not likely to occur, the discovery of possible sources of experimental error, and finally the discovery that Fleischmann and Pons had not actually detected nuclear reaction byproducts.[5] By late 1989, most scientists considered cold fusion claims dead,[6] and cold fusion subsequently gained a reputation as pathological science.[7] However, some researchers continue to investigate cold fusion,[6][8][9][10] and some have reported positive results at mainstream conferences and in peer-reviewed journals.[11][12] Cold fusion research sometimes is referred to as low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) studies or condensed matter nuclear science,[13] in order to avoid negative connotations.[14][15]

In 1989, the majority of a review panel organized by the US Department of Energy (DOE) found that the evidence for the discovery of a new nuclear process was not persuasive. There have been few mainstream reviews of the field since 1990. A second DOE review, convened in 2004 to look at new research, reached conclusions similar to the first.[16]

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[die101]

such a brilliant man, living in such a hut, something somewhere has gone wrong, and some black/ white rapper living in multi million mansion somewhere in 90210

[DeamonStorm666]

@melquideses

The BBC is NOT Fox News. It has no political agenda nor need to spout disinformation. The BBC is NOT paid for by our government, it is a publically owned NEWS corporation. Take your conspiracy theories somewhere else you scientifically illiterate moron.

If you do indeed believe what you are saying, provide proof or shut up.

[CaptainImpedance]

Look; when the cell puts out more energy than you put in; that is something to study. No one can fake that or cheat entropy.

[neuropunkster]

does anyone know whats the music in the background from 2:55 - 05:14?

[piercoucy]

@DeamonStorm666 You can put it as you want, but the only idea that journalists decide to put together a team of scientists to replicate a complex experiment is highly suspicious!!!

[DeamonStorm666]

@piercoucy

Actually, yes. I dont know where you get your news from, nor do I care, but the UK and inparticular the BBC is goverened by the public, its is administered by the public and investigated by the public when fraud is suspected. The BBC is quite simply, the highest quality of news because of the way it is run. By the people for the people and oversighted by the people. So you can sit there and be a paranoid nut job all you want to be. Doesnt change the fact. Ciao.

[piercoucy]

@DeamonStorm666 Do you think that journalists in these days have any credibillity?? Give me a break!! In which planet are you living? If cold fusion is really a fake, why then bothering to produce this program? Cold fusion is not creating any problem to the society. The only people who are really worried are the members of the companies who have something to lose if this was true. But let's leave this aside. What is really suspicious about this program is the level of manipulation all over.

[OAbrey]

No nuclear waste?

Pd-Dt fusion yeilds gamma radiation and Neutron radiation. However, the energies are not as high as is obtained in a nuclear bomb/fission.

The Ni-H reactions give off gama radiation, but more of a concern for me, is the transmutations to copper. Some of the 1/2 lives are only 20 min, but unless the radiation is only gamma/neutrino decay of protons there are some questions that need to be answered.

[melquideses]

@janesays177 /watch?v=vrs01XsmpLI

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