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Subject: old cold fusion?
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Date: 10 May 89 07:20:05 GMT
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(alt.fusion cull, apparently true)

(This is a rumor that's making the rounds in the Netnews alt.fusion
discussion; I refer Netnews readers there for more information.)

There's a rumor that a Swedish chemist, back in 1926, submitted a
patent application for a technique of using palladium to turn hydrogen
into helium (essentially, the same setup that's behind the recent
"fusion in a jar" excitement).

There's another rumor that he gave up, because the technique generated
too much heat!
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Paul S. R. Chisholm, AT&T Bell Laboratories

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