% Year 2005; there are 7 entries. @article{Horo2005, author = {M. Horoi}, title = {Can one measure the temperature dependence of the fusion reaction rates?}, journal = {Nucl. Phys. A}, volume = {758}, year = {2005}, pages = {138--141}, keywords = {Theory, res0}, published = {07/2005}, annote = {This is not actually a cold fusion paper, but might be interpreted as such. It seeks to analyse fusion rates in solids or gases bombarded with ion beams at rather low energies. One result is that a cold plasma target can yield enhanced fusion rates at energies as low as 1-10 eV, which is in the "cold fusion" range, so this might encourage cold fusion researchers.} } @article{Iwam2005, author = {Y. Iwamura and T. Itoh and M. Sakano and S. Kuribayashi}, title = {Observation of nuclear transmutation induced by deuterium permeation through Pd complex}, journal = {Mitsubishi Juko Giho}, volume = {42}, number = {1}, year = {2005}, pages = {50--51}, note = {In Japanese}, keywords = {Experimental}, annote = {The observation of nuclear transmutation is discussed induced by deuterium permeation through CaO/Pd complex. Cold fusion is a possible explanation. (Cited from CA 2005:393935). There is a diagram showing a Pd base, coated with a 2 nm layer of CaO, which in turn is coated with a 10 nm layer of Pd. Presumably deuterium is made to pass through these layers, and this causes transmutation to new elements.} } @article{Labi2005, author = {J.~A. Labinger and S.~J. Weininger}, title = {Controversy in chemistry: how do you prove a negative? The cases of phlogiston and cold fusion}, journal = {Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.}, volume = {44}, year = {2005}, pages = {1916--1922}, keywords = {sci-soc-phil}, submitted = {09/2004}, published = {03/2005}, annote = {Two cases are considered, deliberately chosen to be separated widely in time. Phlogiston is considered to have expired by 1800, while cold fusion only started in 1989 (unless one consideres its historical predecessors by Paneth and Peters, 1926, and Klyuev et al, 1986, both not mentioned here). The phlogiston theory initially was able to explain a lot and seemed to fit the facts, while the (now known) oxygen theory did not, always. Eventually the latter was accepted. Cold fusion, in the opinion of the authors, fits well within two concepts; pathological science as defined by Langmuir in 1953, and the concept of the "experimenter's regress" by Collins (1993), which argues that questions about the reality of a novel phenomenon cannot be separated from questions about the experiments designed to detect it. Thus, a negative finding can be challenged as being based on incorrect experiment - which has indeed happened. The result is what the authors call the "short life but long afterlife" of cold fusion.} } @article{Shan2005, author = {K. Shanahan}, title = {Comments on 'Thermal behavior of polarized Pd/D electrodes prepared by co-deposition'}, journal = {Thermochim. Acta}, volume = {428}, year = {2005}, pages = {207--212}, keywords = {Polemic, theory, calorimetry, res-}, submitted = {09/2004}, published = {04/2005}, annote = {Shanahan argues for recombination under the electrolyte surface, which is a simpler explanation of apparent excess heat than nuclear fusion. This, together with the same author's previous theory of calorimetry calibration shifts, puts the nuclear origin of excess heat in doubt.} } @article{Son2005, author = {S. Son and N.~J. Fisch}, title = {Pycnonuclear reaction and possible chain reactions in an ultra-dense DT plasma}, journal = {Physics Lett. A}, volume = {337}, year = {2005}, pages = {397--407}, keywords = {Theory, pycnonuclear fusion, res+}, submitted = {11/2004}, published = {04/2005}, annote = {The authors develop theory and calculate the possible fusion rates under very high pressure, of deuterium and tritium at temperatures close to absolute zero. Th result is that such fusion reactions might take place, as well as possible chain fission-like reactions. This is certainly "cold" fusion.} } @article{Szpa2005a, author = {S. Szpak and P.~A. {Mosier Boss} and C. Young and F.~E. Gordon}, title = {Evidence of nuclear reactions in the Pd lattice}, journal = {Naturwiss.}, volume = {92}, year = {2005}, pages = {394--397}, keywords = {Experimental, electrolysis, Pd, transmutation, high voltage, res+}, submitted = {09/2004}, published = {10/2005}, annote = {This is electrolysis, as usual for this group with a small amount of palladium salt in the electrolyte, providing a continuously fresh deposit of Pd on the electrode (initially gold foil). Here, two Cu plates were placed on both sides and outside the cell, and a large voltage applied between these, 6000V, up to 48 hours. EDX analysis of the electrode showed interesting globular structures. The external electric field, applied after electrolysis, causes molten-like features, which probably are of nuclear origin. New elements are found, among them Al, Ca, Mg, Si and more, which could have arisen from transmutation or contamination. The latter is less likely because of the purity of the electrolyte. More work is needed, however. The paper provides some interesting old classics of the nuclear literature in the reference section such as Oliphant et al (1934), Dee (1935).} } @article{Szpa2005b, author = {S. Szpak and P.~A. Mosier-Boss and C. Young and F.~E. Gordon}, title = {The effect of an external electric field on surface morphology of co-deposited Pd/D films}, journal = {J. Electroanal. Chem.}, volume = {580}, year = {2005}, pages = {284--290}, keywords = {Experimental, Pd, electrolysis, codeposition, res0}, submitted = {06/2004}, published = {05/2005}, annote = {The Szpak team continues its work with codeposition of Pd and D on another metal substrate, in this case Au foil. It is gradually covered with deuterated Pd. At the same time, an electrostatic field of 2500-3000 V is applied externally across the electrolysis cell. The application of the field causes substantial changes in the morphology of the deposit, and the authors are unable to explain the results in terms of energy requirements and shapes seen in the deposit. "Cold fusion" is not mentioned at all, but there are two references to papers on the subject, justifying classifying this as a cold fusion paper.} }