OUTFLOW OF MOLTEN MATTER FROM DEUTERIUM-IMPLANTED SUBSURFACE OF PALLADIUM

Magmatic molten matters are shown to emerge From the subsurface of pol ycrystalline Pd kept at 500-700 degrees C, under the bombardment of sh owing deuterium ions. As in volcanic eruption, surface craters serve a s the channels for their outflow. To account for this anomalous surfac e event, it must be hypothesized that implanted deuterium ions dramati cally reduce the melting point in subsurface or increase the subsurfac e temperature close to the melting point of Pd. (C) 1997 Elsevier Scie nce B.V.