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This video is about the original cold fusion: μ muon-catalyzed cold fusion of deuterium, tritium, hydrogen, into helium-3 and helium 4. The problems with it are the half-life of muons and the sticking of muons to alpha particles. Also involved are neutrons, protons, break-even, etc. This has nothing to do with fusion by capture in palladium electrodes.

REFERENCES:

The original papers: L.W. Alvarez 1957, F.C. Frank 1947, and J.D. Jackson 1957

A History of Muon Catalyzed “Cold” Fusion
http://large.stanford.edu/cour....ses/2016/ph241/yoon1

Fusion rates
http://www.kayelaby.npl.co.uk/....atomic_and_nuclear_p

Cold Fusion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Cold_fusion#Proposed

Muon Facilitated Fusion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Muon-catalyzed_fusio

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