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In 1992, Fleischmann moved to France with Pons, to work at the [[IMRA]] laboratory (part of Technova Corporation, a subsidiary of [[Toyota]]); the laboratory closed in 1998 after exhausting a research investment of $12 million USD.<ref>Voss, David, ''What Ever Happened to Cold Fusion'', [[Physics World]], March 1, 1999, retrieved May 1, 2008 from: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/1258</ref> The pair parted ways in 1995, and Fleischmann returned to Southampton, where he remained as of 1999. He has recently co-authored papers with researchers from the U.S. Navy<ref>Szpak, S., ''et al.'', Thermal behavior of polarized Pd/D electrodes prepared by co-deposition. Thermochim. Acta, 2004. 410: p. 101.</ref><ref>Mosier-Boss, P.A. and M. Fleischmann, Thermal and Nuclear Aspects of the Pd/D2O System, ed. S. Szpak and P.A. Mosier-Boss. Vol. 2. Simulation of the Electrochemical Cell (ICARUS) Calorimetry. 2002: SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego, U.S. Navy.</ref> and Italian national laboratories (INFN and ENEA).<ref>Del Giudice, E., ''et al.'' Loading of H(D) in a Pd lattice. in The 9th International Conference on Cold Fusion, Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. 2002. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China: [[Tsinghua University Press]]</ref>
In 1992, Fleischmann moved to France with Pons, to work at the [[IMRA]] laboratory (part of Technova Corporation, a subsidiary of [[Toyota]]); the laboratory closed in 1998 after exhausting a research investment of $12 million USD.<ref>Voss, David, ''What Ever Happened to Cold Fusion'', [[Physics World]], March 1, 1999, retrieved May 1, 2008 from: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/1258</ref> The pair parted ways in 1995, and Fleischmann returned to Southampton, where he remained as of 1999. He has recently co-authored papers with researchers from the U.S. Navy<ref>Szpak, S., ''et al.'', Thermal behavior of polarized Pd/D electrodes prepared by co-deposition. Thermochim. Acta, 2004. 410: p. 101.</ref><ref>Mosier-Boss, P.A. and M. Fleischmann, Thermal and Nuclear Aspects of the Pd/D2O System, ed. S. Szpak and P.A. Mosier-Boss. Vol. 2. Simulation of the Electrochemical Cell (ICARUS) Calorimetry. 2002: SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego, U.S. Navy.</ref> and Italian national laboratories (INFN and ENEA).<ref>Del Giudice, E., ''et al.'' Loading of H(D) in a Pd lattice. in The 9th International Conference on Cold Fusion, Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. 2002. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China: [[Tsinghua University Press]]</ref>


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Martin Fleischmann, (born March 29, 1927 in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia) is a British chemist noted for his work in electrochemistry. He came to wider public prominence[1] following his controversial publication of work with colleague Stanley Pons on cold fusion using palladium in the 1980s and '90s.

Fleischmann moved to England in 1938 with his family. He received a Ph D from Imperial College London in 1950. Fleischmann went on to teach at Durham University. In 1967, aged 40, Fleischmann became Professor of Electrochemistry at the University of Southampton.[2] From 1970 to 1972, he was president of the International Society of Electrochemists.[3] In 1979, he was awarded the medal for electrochemistry and thermodynamics by the Royal Society of London, and in 1986 was elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society.[4] He retired from teaching in 1983 and was given an honorary professorship at Southampton University.[3] In 1974, he and coworkers were the first to report what was later called Surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy.[5] [1]

On March 23, 1989, while they were researchers at the University of Utah, he and Stanley Pons announced "N-Fusion" which was quickly labeled by the press as cold fusion[6] -- a result previously thought to be unattainable. After a short period of public acclaim, hundreds of scientists attempted to reproduce the effects, but more often than not they failed.[7] Those who failed to reproduce the claim attacked the pair for fraudulent,[7][8] sloppy[9][7][10] and unethical work,[7] incomplete[9] unreproducible[11] and inaccurate[11] results, and erroneous interpretations.[12] Fleischmann, Pons and the researchers who replicated the effect remain convinced the effect is real, but the scientific consensus is skeptical.

In 1992, Fleischmann moved to France with Pons, to work at the IMRA laboratory (part of Technova Corporation, a subsidiary of Toyota); the laboratory closed in 1998 after exhausting a research investment of $12 million USD.[13] The pair parted ways in 1995, and Fleischmann returned to Southampton, where he remained as of 1999. He has recently co-authored papers with researchers from the U.S. Navy[14][15] and Italian national laboratories (INFN and ENEA).[16]

Peer-reviewed papers

  • Fleischmann, Martin; Pons, Stanley; Anderson, Mark W.; Li, Lian Jun; Hawkins, Marvin (1990), "Calorimetry of the palladium-deuterium-heavy water system", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 287: 293–348, doi:10.1016/0022-0728(90)80009-U
  • Fleischmann, Martin; Pons, Stanley (1992), "Some Comments on The Paper 'Analysis of Experiments on The Calorimetry of LiOD-D2O Electrochemical Cells,' R.H. Wilson et al., Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Vol. 332, (1992)", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 332: 33, doi:10.1016/0022-0728(92)80339-6
  • Fleischmann, Martin (1993), "Calorimetry of the Pd-D2O system: from simplicity via complications to simplicity", Physics Letters A, 176 (1–2): 118–129, doi:10.1016/0375-9601(93)90327-V

Conference proceedings

  • Fleischmann, Martin (2002), "Searching for the consequences of many-body effects in condensed phase systems", Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Cold Fusion, Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, ISBN 7-302-06489-X
  • Fleischmann, Martin (2003), "Background to cold fusion: the genesis of a concept", Tenth International Conference on Cold Fusion, Cambridge, MA: World Scientific Publishing, ISBN 978-9812565648


Notes

  1. ^ a b Shelley, Tom (October 2006). "Tiny reflectors boost sensing a billion". Eureka. Retrieved 2007-12-27.
  2. ^ Charles Platt (November 1998). "What If Cold Fusion Is Real?". Wired. p. 2. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ a b William J. Broad. "Brilliance and Recklessness Seen in Fusion Collaboration". The New York Times. {{cite news}}: Text "date 1989-05-09" ignored (help)
  4. ^ "Fellows of the Royal Society" (pdf). The Royal Society. August 2008. Retrieved 17-02-2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  5. ^ Fleischmann, M. (15 May 1974). "Raman Spectra of Pyridine Adsorbed at a Silver Electrode". Chemical Physics Letters. 26 (2): 163–166. doi:10.1016/0009-2614(74)85388-1. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Fleischmann, Martin; Pons, Stanley; Hawkins, M. (1989), "Electrochemically induced nuclear fusion of deuterium", Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 261 (2A): 301–308, doi:10.1016/0022-0728(89)80006-3, and errata in Vol. 263.
  7. ^ a b c d Adil E. Shamoo, David B. Resnik (2003). Oxford University Press US (ed.). Responsible Conduct of Research (2, illustrated ed.). p. 76, 97. ISBN 0195148460.
  8. ^ Henry Krips, J. E. McGuire, Trevor Melia (1995). University of Pittsburgh Press (ed.). Science, Reason, and Rhetoric (illustrated ed.). pp. xvi. ISBN 0822939126.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b Bart Simon (2002). Rutgers University Press (ed.). Undead Science: Science Studies and the Afterlife of Cold Fusion (illustrated ed.). p. 119. ISBN 0813531543.
  10. ^ Michael B. Schiffer, Kacy L. Hollenback, Carrie L. Bell (2003). University of California Press (ed.). Draw the Lightning Down: Benjamin Franklin and Electrical Technology in the Age of Enlightenment (illustrated ed.). pp. 207. ISBN 0520238028.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ a b Taubes, Gary (1993). Bad science: the short life and weird times of cold fusion. New York: Random House. p. 6. ISBN 0-394-58456-2.
  12. ^ Thomas F. Gieryn (1999). University of Chicago Press (ed.). Cultural Boundaries of Science: Credibility on the Line (illustrated ed.). pp. http://books.google.com/books?id=GljD3CHbDx0C&pg=PA204 204]. ISBN 0226292622.
  13. ^ Voss, David, What Ever Happened to Cold Fusion, Physics World, March 1, 1999, retrieved May 1, 2008 from: http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/1258
  14. ^ Szpak, S., et al., Thermal behavior of polarized Pd/D electrodes prepared by co-deposition. Thermochim. Acta, 2004. 410: p. 101.
  15. ^ Mosier-Boss, P.A. and M. Fleischmann, Thermal and Nuclear Aspects of the Pd/D2O System, ed. S. Szpak and P.A. Mosier-Boss. Vol. 2. Simulation of the Electrochemical Cell (ICARUS) Calorimetry. 2002: SPAWAR Systems Center, San Diego, U.S. Navy.
  16. ^ Del Giudice, E., et al. Loading of H(D) in a Pd lattice. in The 9th International Conference on Cold Fusion, Condensed Matter Nuclear Science. 2002. Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China: Tsinghua University Press

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