Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 payame nnor university of tehran
2 imam hossein university of tehran
3 payame noor university of tehran
Abstract
Quantum tunneling plays a role in some physical phenomena, such as electron emission from metals in the presence of an external electric field or alpha radiation from the nucleus, etc .The phenomenon of neutron emission from the surface of palladium hydride metal when palladium and platinum electrodes are electrolyzed in water or heavy water electrolyte, it has been observed, which has not been given a convincing reason so far. In this article, we investigate the probability of quantum tunneling of proton or deuteron for pass through of coulomb barrier of palladium nucleus. This entry of proton or deuteron causes the neutron exits from nucleus. According to Empire software results it is obtained that just 105Pd can produces neutron by quantum tunneling phenomenon. The calculation results for this neutron production rate per unit of time are in good agreement with the experimental results for it.
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