CAN CURRENT FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT FOR THE EXCESS HEAT CLAIMS OF FLEISCHMANN AND PONS

Authors
HOLSTHANSEN P BRITZ D
Citation
P. Holsthansen et D. Britz, CAN CURRENT FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT FOR THE EXCESS HEAT CLAIMS OF FLEISCHMANN AND PONS, Journal of electroanalytical chemistry [1992], 388(1-2), 1995, pp. 11-16
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Electrochemistry,"Chemistry Analytical
Journal title
Journal of electroanalytical chemistry [1992]
ISSN journal
15726657 → ACNP
Volume
388
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
11 - 16
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
The galvanostat used by Fleischmann and Pons was found to be at the ed ge of stability and would certainly have caused current fluctuations a s a result of cell voltage fluctuations. This has been confirmed theor etically and by experiment. However, the fluctuations do not affect th e calculation of the power going into the cell sufficiently to account for the excess heat claims; in the present work, power errors resulti ng from this effect were less than 0.001%.