Gf. Cerofolini et al., GIANT NEUTRON TRAPPING BY A MOLECULAR-SPECIES PRODUCED DURING THE REACTION OF D- IN A CONDENSED-PHASE( WITH H), Fusion technology, 23(4), 1993, pp. 465-469
In an attempt to study the claim of deuterium-deuterium fusions result
ing from redox reactions involving deuterium, it has been discovered t
hat in the control reaction D+ + H- --> HD (where the reaction takes p
lace in a condensed phase, either homogeneously or heterogeneously), a
compound is formed that can reduce the neutron background count rate
by an amount higher than that produced by the most efficient neutron a
bsorbers.