Volume 2 - LENR-CANR

This would be unprecedented in nuclear physics, but seems to be a direct consequence of the
Cecil and Lipson experiments. If such a large quantum can be so communicated, then the
possibility of it somehow being chopped up into a large number of small quanta seems perhaps
more plausible.
The requirements on loading probably tell us something about the local environment needed
for the reactions to occur. Arguments put forth over the years include: increased density results
in increased conventional reaction probability; a connection with the D to Pd loading at which
PdD becomes thermodynamically unstable; the development of a new phase; and a connection
with the D to Pd loading at which host Pd vacancies are stabilized. Calculations indicate that D2
cannot form inside bulk PdD due to occupation of antibonding orbitals, but perhaps the
situation is different near vacancies where the electron density is lower. NMR experiments may
be able to clarify this in the case of thin film samples of PdD with high vacancy concentration.
There is no agreement on these issues at this time, and experiments have not yet clarified the
role of loading.
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