Talbot A. Chubb

Cold Fusion as an Interaction Between Ion Band States

A theory of solid-state fusion based on the interaction between D + and 4 He ++ ion band states within a host lattice is presented. Formation of ion band-state deuterium is thermo-dynamically favored when lattice strain energy is greater than the incremental chemical potential of the band state. The key fusion step is a coalescence fluctuation that converts a twofold occupation state of electrostatic zero-point-motion size into a state of nuclear dimensions. Rates are calculated using the Fermi Golden Rule. Fusion energy is shared between band-state members and subsequently transferred to the lattice.

Lattice induced nuclear chemistry

Just as electrons cease to be point particles when they are injected into a solid, deuterons cease to be point particles when they become bound to the interior of a deuteride host. Additional quantum mechanical effects, well‐known from the behavior of electrons bound within a solid state environment at low temperature, have the potential to profoundly affect the transport of deuteronic charge in a solid in a manner that runs contrary to conventional wisdom based on free space thinking. During the prolonged electrolysis of LiOD by Pd, these kinds of effects can be used to explain the associated anomalous cold fusion heating phenomenon through interplay between the highly nonequilibrium circumstances associated with overcharging PdDx beyond the value x=1 and the quantum mechanical implications that result from 1) periodic order, 2) lattice‐induced broadening of deuteronic charge, and 3) the large lattice strain energies that result when individual deuterons compete for a common location. This interplay prov...