Analysis and Control Factors for Generation of Nuclear Reactions in Metals

Analysis and Control Factors for Generation of Nuclear Reactions in Metals | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Analysis and Control Factors for Generation of Nuclear Reactions in Metals Tadahiko Mizuno, Steve Hwang This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9273542/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 7 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract The authors report that when heavily cold-worked SUS304 is subjected to heating, excess heat, electromotive force, gamma ray and neutrons are generated—indicating, in other words, that a nuclear reaction takes place. The metal material itself and the specific processing treatment applied to it are particularly critical factors in inducing this phenomenon. Based on the results of numerous material tests, SUS alloys currently exhibit the highest reactivity and the best reproducibility. We hypothesize that nuclear reactions may potentially occur in other materials as well, and we believe that a detailed analysis of the reaction factors will enable us to elucidate the general reaction mechanisms at work within these reactive substances. This paper reports on the results obtained from the analysis of these individual reaction factors. Physical sciences/Mathematics and computing Physical sciences/Physics nuclear reaction neutron emission electron generation SUS304 Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Reviews received at journal 28 Apr, 2026 Reviewers agreed at journal 28 Apr, 2026 Reviewers invited by journal 28 Apr, 2026 Editor assigned by journal 28 Apr, 2026 Editor invited by journal 27 Apr, 2026 Submission checks completed at journal 22 Apr, 2026 First submitted to journal 22 Apr, 2026 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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