[canuck_conservative]

The electron shells are still around the nucleus, unless its ionized, right?

So how do you get 2 nuclei to fuse when those protective electron shells are still in the way??

That’s my problem with low-temp nuclear “fusion”.

[Moonman62]

The electron shells are still around the nucleus, unless its ionized, right? So how do you get 2 nuclei to fuse when those protective electron shells are still in the way?? That’s my problem with low-temp nuclear “fusion”.

The problem is actually proton to proton repulsion and is known as the Coulomb barrier. Here's the cold fusion solution.

[Kevmo]

Maybe those electron shells are blown aside by the constant ionic wind created by the hundred thousand misses for every hit.