Just a Thought...
Do you think they might improve the accuracy if they rifle that barrel? Just askin'. LOL.
ML/LTOS
Posted on 01/18/2024 7:25:14 PM PST by Red Badger
Try not to destroy the world when you’re playing with this; OK fellas?
Most hydrogen atoms have a single proton in the nucleus. It takes 4 of them to make a typical Helium nucleus. When two protons are smashed together the chance of them staying together is extremely small. In the Suns core your typical proton will last over a billion years before it is converted to something else. Deuterium, which is a proton and a neutron has a half life of a few seconds in the Suns core.
Most hydrogen atoms have a single proton in the nucleus. It takes 4 of them to make a typical Helium nucleus. When two protons are smashed together the chance of them staying together is extremely small. In the Suns core your typical proton will last over a billion years before it is converted to something else. Deuterium, which is a proton and a neutron has a half life of a few seconds in the Suns core.
For the most part..............
Where do I sign up to work on this project? It looks like a lot of fun! :-)
... maybe we should just skip over fusion energy research and invest in dilithium crystal research. :-/
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Do you happen to recall who has the ‘Fusion Ping List’?...........
IOW - they still don’t know/have enough to make it a reality in the next decade or two...
The trick is to get a sustainable fusion reaction without blowing the place up................
The good prof was being optimistic!
B4Lr
Typo: would = would say
This looks to be one of several ways to make H3. I’ve heard the fusion reactor companies say that they can make H3 from seawater. Its all expensive of course.
It is rare in nature and not immediately available for use in potential power plants. However, there is a process to produce tritium. For example, exposing the more common element lithium to energetic neutrons can generate tritium through a low-energy nuclear fission reaction.
This looks to be one of several ways to make H3. I’ve heard the fusion reactor companies say that they can make H3 from seawater. Its all expensive of course.
It is rare in nature and not immediately available for use in potential power plants. However, there is a process to produce tritium. For example, exposing the more common element lithium to energetic neutrons can generate tritium through a low-energy nuclear fission reaction.
The bigger point is- Would you build a gasoline engine before you located a source of oil? Probably not!
Interesting point you have made. Do you know the history of how oil and the internal combustion engine happened to be developed
Well they also need to get a continuous reaction out of it, or do they plan to constantly fire the gun 86,000 times a day? If they’re only getting power out for half a second each shot, even if it is net gain, how long before the barrel/’piston’ wears out? Or the hydrogen chamber? Each shot need to refill the hydrogen I assume? But that’s a lot of power to break even on replacing half the generator every other day.
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