Sergio Focardi Explained

Sergio Focardi
Birth Place:	Florence, Italy
Birth Date:	1932
Death Date:	22 June 2013
Death Place:	Bologna, Italy
Fields:	Physics
Workplaces:	University of Bologna in Bologna
Nationality:	Italian

Sergio Focardi (1932  - 22 June 2013) was an Italian physicist and professor emeritus at the University of Bologna.^{[1] [2] [3]} He led the Department of Bologna of the (Italian) National Institute for Nuclear Physics^{[4] [5]} and the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences at the University of Bologna.^{[6] [7]}

In the early 1960s Focardi spent time at CERN^[8] in Geneva.

He was a member of the President's Board of the Italian Physical Society.^[9] From 1992 he had been working on cold fusion with nickel-hydrogen reactors.^[10] From 2007 until his death, Focardi collaborated with inventor Andrea Rossi on the development of the Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat).^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

Studies on nickel-hydrogen exothermal systems

In the early 90s Sergio Focardi, together with physicists Roberto Habel and Francesco Piantelli, started to develop a nickel-hydrogen exothermal reactor. The results of their research were presented in 1994,^{[15] [16]} and published on the peer-reviewed scientific journal Il Nuovo Cimento A.^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]}

See also

• Energy Catalyzer

References

External links

• English transcript of "Sergio Focardi Presents TED Talk on Nickel/Hydrogen Reaction" .
• English transcript of "A radio interview with Sergio Focardi, the father of Ni-H Cold-Fusion". Città del Capo Radio Metropolitana, Bologna, Italy, 5 April 2011. Original audio (in Italian,).
• EV World podcast. Andrea Rossi speaks about his relationship with Sergio Focardi, beginning at 6 minutes and 20 seconds.

Notes and References

1. http://www.magazine.unibo.it/Magazine/Notizie/2013/06/24/Lutto_in_Ateneo.htm Lutto in Ateneo: è scomparso Sergio Focardi (tr. Mourning at the University: Sergio Focardi is passed away)
2. http://www.affaritaliani.it/culturaspettacoli/morto-fisico-italiano-sergio-focardi.html E' morto il grande fisico italiano Sergio Focardi (tr. Great Italian physicist Sergio Focardi is dead) Retrieved 15 September 2015
3. http://www.df.unibo.it/personale/prof_emeriti.htm Professori Emeriti
4. Web site: PRODUZIONE DI ENERGIA E REAZIONI NUCLEARI IN SISTEMI NI-H A 400 C . November 1, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120113103231/http://www.tecnosophia.org/documenti/Articoli/SessioneI/Focardi.pdf . January 13, 2012 .
5. http://www.magazine.unibo.it/Magazine/Notizie/2006/04/26/emeriti.htm Dieci professori dell’Alma Mater diventano "emeriti"
6. Ilaria Venturi. Fusione nucleare a freddo "A Bologna ci siamo riusciti" Sergio Focardi, professore emerito dell'Alma Mater, fisico di calibro, in passato preside della facoltà di Scienze. 14 January 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2015
7. http://radio.rcdc.it/archives/e-morto-il-fisico-sergio-focardi-padre-della-fusione-fredda-ni-h-121187/ Preside fino al 1990 della facoltà di scienze matematiche, fisiche e naturali dell’Università di Bologna
8. Web site: Sergio Focardi's CERN-affiliated scientific papers . Inspire-HEP . CERN . September 26, 2017.
9. http://prometeo.sif.it/papers/online/sag/report2010/report-2010.pdf Resoconto Annuale, Delle Attivitia 2010
10. Franco, Foresta Martin. "la fusione fredda alla senese accende di nuovo la speranza". Corriere della Sera, 20 February 1994, page 31.
11. Web site: The Limitless Potential of the E-Cat: An Interview with Andrea Ross i. 15 September 2015 . James Burgess . 29 March 2012.
12. Mats Lewan. Swedish physicists run the site Ecat.com. Ny Teknik. 18 November 2011
13. Web site: Peter Clarke . 2012-09-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110821060830/http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212428/Italian-scientists-claim-cold-fusion-success . 2011-08-21 . dead .
14. Fabio Deotto. Fusione fredda realizzata a Bologna. Sarà vero? Wired, Italian edition. 19 January 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
15. http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1994/febbraio/19/Siena_scopre_energia_pulita_Fusione_co_0_94021911463.shtml "Siena scopre l' energia pulita Fusione fredda all' italiana?"
16. Franco, Foresta Martin. "La fusione fredda alla senese accende di nuovo la speranza". Corriere della Sera, 20 February 1994.
17. http://www.adnkronos.com/Archivio/AdnAgenzia/1994/02/17/Scienza/FUSIONE-FREDDA-ESPERIMENTO-A-SIENA-INTERESSE-INDUSTRIA-USA_191200.php Fusione Fredda: esperimento a siena, interesse industria USA
18. Franco Prattico. La ' Bomba' di Siena La Repubblica, 18 February 1994.
19. http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1994/febbraio/19/Siena_scopre_energia_pulita_Fusione_co_0_94021911463.shtml Oggi il grande annuncio dell’ Universita’ Toscana
20. http://www.radiocittadelcapo.it/archives/stremmenos-la-fusione-fredda-puo-risolvere-molti-problemi-dellumanita-77206/ Stremmenos: “la fusione fredda risolverà molti problemi dell’umanità”
21. Focardi S, Habel R, Piantelli F (January 1994). "Anomalous Heat Production in Ni-H Systems" Il Nuovo Cimento A, Volume 107 A, Number 1, 163–167.
22. Large excess heat production in Ni-H systems . Focardi S . Gabbani V . Montalbano V . Piantelli F . Veronesi S . . November 1998 . 111 . 11 . 1233–1242 . 10.1007/BF03545791 . 204819206. 1998NCimA.111.1233F . 14916904 .
23. Battaglia, Daddi, Focardi, Gabbani, Montalbano, Piantelli, Sona, Veronesi. Neutron emission in Ni-H systems. Il Nuovo Cimento A (1971-1996), Volume 112, Number 9, 921–931. Retrieved on SpringerLink.