Volume 2 - LENR-CANR

Figure 1. Palladium/deuterium total energy with Lennard-Jones potential.
It can be seen that the total energy remains positive and increases, from 0 at the periphery of
the palladium (179 pm) up to 10000 eV at some 6 pm from the nucleus. The total energy then
decreases to negative values and the deuteron could reach the nucleus, resulting in a nuclear
reaction. It is thought that this is prevented by the Pauli exclusion principle, the K electrons
having few energy levels available. To take this into account, a Lennard-Jones type of potential
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has been added to the other potentials. Stable bound states, such as
46 Pd, 1H
, a deuteron at
some pm from a Pd nucleus, reaction enthalpy of some 9000eV), could be justified.
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Total energy (eV)
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(Barrier: 140 eV at 50 pm, 105 keV at 17 fm)
Residual energy constraint: 30 meV in the tritium/tritiumcase. Range 1,3 pm
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Total energy (eV) (with Lennard-Jones potential)
Figure 2. Deuterium/Deuterium total energy.
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Deuterium/Deuterium
Palladium/Deuterium
Residual energy constraint: 30 meV in the tritium/tritium case. Range : 1,3 pm
Distance (pm)