Search for charged-particle emission from deuterated palladium foils

Results are presented from the search for energetic charged particles possibly emitted from a deuterium loaded palladium electrode in an electrolysis cell. Within the sensitivity of our experimental set-up, we could not find events originating from ‘cold nuclear fusion’ processes. Based on this outcome, an upper limit for the non-observation of CNF of 2.0×10−2s−1 emitted charged particles per cm3(Pd) resp. 1.6×10−24s−1 emitted charged particles per D pair has been deduced.