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Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 19 | Number 2 | March 1991 | Pages 369-370
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/FST91-A29370
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A deuterium fusion system is proposed that is based on the induction of fusion through a nonequilibrium thermodynamical configuration. Mechanical excitation using ultrasound is applied to (a) a palladium electrode with deuterium-containing liquid, (b) a mixture of palladium powder and deuterium-containing liquid, and (c) a system of palladium and a highly compressed deuterium gas that approximates a deuterium solid. The ultrasound, when coupled with the medium of these systems, instantaneously creates a high temperature and pressure that would induce fusion between deuterons.