5th Asti Workshop on Anomalies in Hydrogen / Deuterium loaded Metals

19-21 March 2004, “Ristorante Reale”, Piazza Alfieri 5, Asti, Italy
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Location

The workshop was held from 19-21 March in the refurbished cellars of the Ristorante Reale, Piazza Alfieri 5, Asti, Italy.  The restaurant is situated in the centre of town some 500 metres from Asti railway station and in easy reach of nearby hotels.

Map.   Ristorante Reale    Map2     Article 1 in "La Provincia"   Article 2 in "La Provincia"

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Workshop Program

Friday 19 March 2004

 Quinto Colloquio sulla Fusione Fredda (in Italian)

09:30 Apertura lavori
                    Dott. William Collis, International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science

09:45 Imbrigliare l'energia delle stelle: la fusione termonuclear
                    Dott. Giuseppe Mazzitelli, ENEA, Frascati.

10:15 La storia della Fusione Fredda
                    Prof. Francesco Scaramuzzi, INFN, Frascati

10:45 Caffe’.

11:00 La Fusione Fredda: le domande che dobbiamo fare
                    Dott.ssa Antonella de Ninno, ENEA, Frascati.

11:30 Prospettive per il futuro
                    Dott. Peter Gluck, Institute of Isotopic and Molecular Technology, Romania

12:00 Fusione Fredda ad Asti,  L'esperienza di un liceo astigiano.
                       Anomalie nell'elettrolisi di H2SO4 in D2O con catodo di palladio e anodo di platino.
    

                   
Prof. Franco Raverdino, Vice Preside, Istituto Statale "Augusto Monti", Asti

12:20 Dibattito e conclusione dei lavori.

15:00            Cold Fusion Demonstration at School.  Istituto Statale "AUGUSTO MONTI". Piazza Cagni 8, Asti
            

18:00            Registration

18:30            Poster Papers on display

Mengoli, Zannoni et al.      Emission of charged particles from Pd-D2 interaction at low pressure   Full Paper.
                                               Electrolytic loading of hydrogen in Pd powders.        Full Paper.

Letts et al.                             Cathode Fabrication Methods   Presentation   

Lorusso Antonella               Modification of Pd-H2 thin films processed by UV laser.   Full Paper.

Daddi Lino                            Un precursore italiano del settore LENR. Le Misure  nucleari di Don Borghi

19:30         Dinner

Saturday 20 March

08:30 Registration.

Presentation of Oral Papers

09:20  William Collis             Organizer's Address

09:30 Iwamura  Yasuhiro      Observation of Nuclear Transmutation Induced by D2 Gas
              Permeation through Pd Complexes Presentation

10:10 Mizuno Tadahiko, Kenichi Himoro, Akito Takahashi and Francesco Celani  Full Paper
              Neutron emission from low temperature D2 gas in a  magnetic field

10:50                                        Coffee Break

11:10 Takahashi Akito           Deuteron Cluster Fusion and Ash  Full Paper

11:50 A. De Ninno, E. Del Giudice, A. Frattolillo, A. Rizzo Presentation
              4He detection during the loading of Pd cathodes: a comparison between
              "black and "blank"  experiments

12:30 A. De Ninno, E. Del Giudice, A. Frattolillo
                                                    Nuclear transmutations in cold fusion experiments

                                                 

13:10 Self Service Lunch

14:00 Biberian Jean Paul      Excess heat during co-deposition of palladium and deuterium controlled
                                                   by mass flow calorimetry Presentation

14:40 Frisone Fulvio              Coherence QED in Cold Fusion within micro-cracks of a D2O loaded lattice
                                                   deformation at room  temperature. Full Paper   Presentation

                                                   The Fulvio Frisone Foundation.  

15:20 Li, Xing Zhong              Anomalies Correlated with Abnormal Deuterium Flux and Heat Flow
                                                   in D(H)/Pd Systems Presentation     Full Paper

16:00                                         Coffee Break

16:20 E. Campari, S. Focardi, V. Gabbani, V. Montalbano, F. Piantelli, S. Veronesi.
                                                   Overview on H-Ni systems: old experiments and new setup.      Full Paper

17:00 First Annual General Meeting of the International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science

          Agenda .   Meeting to be chaired by Hon. Secretary, William Collis

          To accept the report(s) of the Interim Executive Committee   Presentation

          Re-organization of ISCMNS as a limited liability corporation.

          Election of President  (Candidates were Prof. Xing Zhong Li and Prof. Akito Takahashi)

          To accept the resignation of the Interim Executive Committee

          Re-election of a new Executive Committee
          (The following were deemed re-elected as no other candidates presented themselves)

  1.             Jacques Dufour

  2.             Scott Chubb

  3.             Francesco Celani

  4.             Vittorio Violante

  5.             William Collis

  6.             Xing Zhong Li

  7.             Akito Takahashi

          To adopt the new   Memorandum and Articles of Association

          Any other business   Minutes

19:30 Banquet and Award of Giuliano Preparata Medals     Menu           Music Program

Sunday 21 March 2004

Presentation of Oral Papers

09:00  Scaramuzzi Franco     Gas loading of Deuterium in Palladium at low temperature   Full Paper

09:40  Premuda Francesco,  Frignani Michele Presentation   Full Paper(.pdf)
                                                    New Mott density values for degenerate plasma spots
                                                    in hydrogen/deuterium loaded metals.

09:40 E. Campari, S. Focardi, V. Gabbani, V. Montalbano, F. Piantelli, S. Veronesi.
                                                    Surface analysis of hydrogen loaded nickel alloys.

10:20 Violante Vittorio             Nuclear effects in electrochemical experiments.

11:00                                          Coffee Break

11:30  Dash John                      Characterization of Palladium Cathodes after Electrolysis in Heavy Water P1 P2

12:10 Arik El-Boher                  Intensification off Low Energy Nuclear Reactions Through Superwave Excitation

13:00 Self Service Lunch

14:00 McKubre Michael          Conditions for Cold Fusion

14:40 Francesco Celani, A. Spallone, P. Marini, V. di Stefano, M. Nakamura,  A. Mancini, P.G. Sona, E. Righi, G.  Trenta, C. Catena, G. D’Agostaro, P. Quercia, V. Andreassi, F. Fontana, L. Gamberale, D. Garbelli, E. Celia,  F. Falcioni, M. Marchesini, E. Novaro, U.Mastromatteo.
                                                    Problematics related to Th-Hg salts in Cold Fusion experiments

15:20  E. Campari, S. Focardi, V. Gabbani, V. Montalbano, F. Piantelli, S. Veronesi.
                                                   Surface analysis of hydrogen loaded nickel alloys.

16:00                                         Coffee Break

16:10 Monti Roberto, Cesarano Gerardina
                                                  Low Energy Transmutations     Paper

16:50 Spallone Antonio          A method to achieve H/Pd=1; a review of 10 years of studies

17:30 Collis William                Closing Remarks

19:30 Dinner

 21:00   Signing Ceremony of new constitution -  Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association

The Workshop thanks our Sponsor:-

Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Asti

 

Financial Statement for 5th Asti Workshop

Bill Collis, Organizer.