Time-Dependent Effects Associated with the 50°K Resistivity Anomaly in the Pd–H and Pd–D Systems

Abstract

The characteristics of the time dependence of the electrical resistivity of Pd–H and Pd–D alloys in the vicinity of the 50°K resistivity anomaly are presented. It is suggested that there is a connection between the time dependence of the resistivity and the exothermic processes observed by others in these alloys at low temperatures, in that both effects are associated with the low‐temperature annealing out of lattice damage produced by the transition at 50°K.