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On the Behavior of the Pd/D System: Evidence for Tritium Production
Volume 33 · Number 1 · January 1998 · Pages 38-51
Technical Paper
Stanislaw Szpak, Pamela A. Mosier-Boss, Roger D. Boss, Jerry J. Smith
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Evidence for tritium production in the Pd/D system under cathodic polarization is presented. A comparison of the observed distribution and that calculated, based on the conservation of mass, leads to the conclusion that tritium is produced sporadically at an estimated rate of ~103 to 104 atom/s. The results of several runs are interpreted by employing the concept of an electrode/electrolyte interphase and the accepted kinetics of hydrogen evolution. Burstlike events followed by longer periods of inactivity yield poor reproducibility when distributions are averaged over the total time of electrolysis.
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