Chapter 567: Quantum Tunneling Effect and Cold Nuclear Fusion
However, despite this, Xu You did not immediately and completely deny the possibility of cold nuclear fusion.
After all, over the years, many technologies that seemed impossible to achieve before have finally become a reality.
Xu You thought about it and decided to try to simulate the experiments related to cold nuclear fusion done by his predecessors to verify its feasibility.
As early as 1989, Sam and scientists from Great Britain claimed that they used palladium as a cathode to electrolyze heavy water, achieving "cold nuclear fusion" at normal temperature and pressure.
However, more than a thousand laboratories in the world have since tried to replicate this experiment, but none of them have succeeded in replicating the same experimental results.
Therefore, this achievement was ultimately denied and considered to be a hype in the scientific community.
"Let's try to simulate it first to see if we can replicate the results of this experiment."
Thinking of this, Xu You turned on the brain simulation state and replicated this experiment.
After experiencing an improvement in his brain power, Xu You has become more proficient in the skill of brain simulation and is now able to accurately perform various simulations on a quantum scale.
"Sure enough, it is indeed impossible to produce the same experimental results."
After some accurate simulations, Xu You confirmed that this so-called achievement was indeed a scientific research hype.
In the academic world, such things are not uncommon, and even many research results are difficult to prove whether they are true or false until now.
Next, Xu You began to simulate another experiment.
This was an achievement announced by Japanese scientists in 2008, who claimed that they had converted deuterium into helium under room temperature conditions.
The scientist claimed that after he pressed deuterium gas into palladium zirconium oxide, the temperature of the reaction vessel rose to 70 degrees Celsius and remained well above room temperature for 50 hours.
However, this experiment has not been successfully replicated by other scientists and is also considered an academic fraud.
After some accurate simulation, Xu You also failed to produce similar results.
In this way, Xu You kept repeating some of his predecessors' experiments on cold nuclear fusion, but in the end no experiment could really achieve cold nuclear fusion.
"Could it be that these experiments on cold fusion are just gimmicks and scams?"
Xu You looked through the scientists who claimed to have successfully completed cold nuclear fusion experiments, and among them were some scientists with good academic reputations.
If these scientists are really just relying on the gimmick of cold nuclear fusion to make money, then it would really be something that Xu You feels regretful about.
At this time, Xu You noticed another record.
A Soviet physicist claimed that he had successfully achieved supercold nuclear fusion in an experiment, but after countless repetitions, he did not produce similar experimental phenomena.
Even the scientist himself believed that this might be an experimental error, so it was not published as an experimental result.
This Soviet physicist is the former Nobel Prize winner in physics, Akinov, who had previously communicated with Xu You in person.
"If it was Ajinov, he would never commit academic fraud."
Xu You had great confidence in Ajimnov's academic character, and he also felt that Ajimnov was not someone who would easily make experimental mistakes.
Since Ajinov has also achieved some results in the field of cold nuclear fusion that prove its feasibility.
Xu You increasingly felt that perhaps in the field of cold nuclear fusion, there were some secrets that humans had not yet solved.
Thinking of this, Xu You entered deep learning mode and used all his brain power to think about cold nuclear fusion.
"Um?"
At this time, Xu You thought of a theory.
Quantum tunneling effect.
The so-called quantum tunneling effect refers to the quantum behavior that microscopic particles such as electrons can still penetrate or cross the potential barrier even though the height of the potential barrier is greater than the total energy of the particle.
This is impossible in classical mechanics, but it can happen in the quantum world.
It's like, if a person wants to climb a mountain, he must consume enough energy.
It is absolutely impossible to successfully climb this mountain without enough energy.
In the field of quantum physics, even if the energy is insufficient, there is still a certain probability that one can pass directly through the mountain from the "middle of the mountain".
"I understand! It's not that cold nuclear fusion is absolutely impossible to achieve, but the probability of this happening is very small. Cold nuclear fusion can only be achieved through a large number of experiments!"
Suddenly, Xu You seemed to have opened up his entire mind and solved the mystery that had been bothering him for many days.
After screening out most of the cold fusion experiments that involve academic fraud, there may indeed be a very small number of experiments that have actually completed cold fusion.
However, because the probability of the quantum tunneling effect occurring is not high enough, it is difficult for scientists to replicate the experiment even if they have achieved experimental results.
Although this theory makes sense, further experiments are needed to prove whether the theory is true.
Thinking of this, Xu You decided to connect to a quantum computer to complete a large number of experimental simulations.
After millions of repetitions of the previous experiments, none of them succeeded in achieving cold nuclear fusion.
Xu You simply stopped repeating these experiments and started simulating Ajinov's experiment directly.
"Um?"
Soon, after one million simulations, Xu You discovered that three of the experiments had successfully achieved cold nuclear fusion.
Having achieved this result, Xu You's excitement was beyond words .
"Sure enough! Cold nuclear fusion is not impossible, it's just that the probability of achieving it is very small!"
This is also the reason why some scientists are unable to repeat the experiment even if they have successfully completed cold nuclear fusion.
In cases where the probability is extremely small, only a large number of repeated experiments can produce successful experimental results.
But in the laboratory, no one has the conditions to repeat the experiment in large numbers; dozens or hundreds of times is already the limit.
Even if an experiment is successful occasionally, it is difficult to be considered a success and it is more likely to be considered that some errors occurred in the experiment.
After a large number of repeated simulations, Xu You did find that very few of the experiments did have a small probability of occurring.
This also preliminarily proves that cold nuclear fusion is not a completely impossible thing, but just an extremely small probability thing.
But soon, Xu You realized another problem.
Given the probability of cold nuclear fusion occurring, it is difficult for it to become a stable energy supply.
