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Cold Fusion - School Essays

Cold Fusion

Abstract
was first discovered in 1988 two weeks before easter.
Fusion is the combination of two atoms. The sun fuses hydrogen and helium.
For many years mankind has been experimenting in the field of fusion in
order to harness its energy efficie ntly. Cold fusion is made in a test
tube at room temperature according to Dr. B. Stanley Pons and Dr. Martin
Fleischman, the inventors. As of today, there is no hard evidence of cold
fusion at room temperature. When this was first discovered, Pons and
Fleischman pointed out that a power source the size of a cigarette lighter
could power the entire city and the top 10 feet of Lake Michigan could
power the entire world for the next 15,000 years. ...

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two captive nuclei leading them to overcome
their natural repulsion of each other and fuse. This reaction produces a
larger nucleus that almost immediately shatters, releasing energy. It also
frees the muon, which can then repeat the cycle, causing several hundred
more such fusions.

The fact that the muon is 207 times heavier than an electron gives
support for this theory. A nuclei is orbited by an electron making a mini-
solar system. If a muon is shot at the nuclei, it will bump the electrons
into a smaller orbit and replace their orbit with muons. This then closes
tightly around the atom, crushing the atom and nuclei together close enough
to fuse. This creates energy and frees the muon thus starting this
sequence all over again until the muon decays, which is about 2 millionths
of a second, or sticks to another particle that is ejected by fusion. Pons
and Fleischman have been the only one to record this phenomenon. They have
also been rejected by many because of ...

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Added: 12/14/2005 03:28:24 AM
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