Expedited Awards for Novel Research: Effects of Pressure, Temperature, and Electrical Potential on the Interaction of Hydrogen and Deuterium with Pd, and Ti

氢在钯和钛中的吸附/溶解度等温线是用清洁的表面和精确的压力测量来确定的。测量了外加电场对这些等温线的影响（如果有的话）。如果观察到影响，测量将扩展到氘，并将观察压力对“冷聚变”开始的影响。这项研究探讨了是否有比目前使用的冗长的电化学方法更有效的方法来对基体进行“冷聚变”充电。这项工作也与氢在金属基体中的储存和金属的脆化有关，这是金属结构失效的主要原因之一。

Adsorption/solubility isotherms of hydrogen in palladium and titanium are determined using clean surfaces and accurate pressure measurements. The effects, if any, of applied electric fields on these isotherms are measured. If an effect is observed, the measurements will be extended to deuterium and the effects of pressure on the onset of "cold fusion" will be observed. This study examines whether there may be more efficient ways to charge the matrix for "cold fusion" than the lengthy electrochemical method used up to now. The work is also relevant to storage of hydrogen in metal matrices and to embrittlement of metals, one of the major causes of structural failure of metals.