Sergio Focardi (1932 – 22 June 2013) was an Italian

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and

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at the

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. He led the Department of Bologna of the (Italian) National Institute for Nuclear Physics and the Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences at the

. In the early 1960s Focardi spent time at

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. He was a member of the President's Board of the

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. From 1992 he had been working on

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with

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reactors. From 2007 until his death, Focardi collaborated with inventor Andrea Rossi on the development of the Energy Catalyzer (E-Cat).

Studies on nickel-hydrogen exothermal systems

In the early 90s Sergio Focardi, together with physicists Roberto Habel and

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, started to develop a nickel-hydrogen exothermal reactor. The results of their research were presented in 1994,Franco, Foresta Martin
"La fusione fredda alla senese accende di nuovo la speranza"
''

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,'' 20 February 1994. and published on the

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''.Battaglia, Daddi, Focardi, Gabbani, Montalbano, Piantelli, Sona, Veronesi
Neutron emission in Ni-H systems
''

'' (1971-1996), Volume 112, Number 9, 921–931. Retrieved on SpringerLink.

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*English transcript o
"Sergio Focardi Presents TED Talk on Nickel/Hydrogen Reaction"
(). *English transcript o
"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. {{DEFAULTSORT:Focardi, Sergio 2013 deaths 1932 births Italian nuclear physicists Academic staff of the University of Bologna Scientists from Florence Cold fusion People associated with CERN

Studies on nickel-hydrogen exothermal systems

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