In 1989, researchers claimed to have achieved fusion in an electrochemical cell at room temperature. They claimed

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In 1989, researchers claimed to have achieved fusion in an electrochemical cell at room temperature. They claimed a power output of 4 W from deuterium fusion reactions in the palladium electrode of their apparatus.

(a) If the two most likely reactions are

2H + 2H → 3He + n + 3.27 MeV

and

2H + 2H → 3H + 1H + 4.03 MeV


With 50% of the reactions going by each branch, how many neutrons per second would we expect to be emitted in the generation of 4 W of power?

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