TRITIUM GENERATION AND LARGE EXCESS HEAT EVOLUTION BY ELECTROLYSIS INLIGHT AND HEAVY WATER-POTASSIUM CARBONATE SOLUTIONS WITH NICKEL ELECTRODES

The generation of tritium was quantitatively measured in an electrolyt ic cell with a nickel cathode and a platinum anode in potassium carbon ate-light and heavy water solutions. Simultaneously, the evolution of a large amount of excess heat (70 to 170% for the input power) was obs erved during electrolysis of these solutions. The tritium generation b y electrolysis provides some of the most conclusive evidence for so-ca lled cold fusion, along with the calcium generation described in a pre vious paper. On the basis of the current experiments and the knowledge of the kinetics of a hydrogen evolution reaction in an alkaline solut ion, the nuclear reactions taking place are worth mentioning.