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Re:Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear ... by JoeAltmaier on Friday February 21, 2020 @11:19AM (#22384243)
Why a pellet? Why not a gas of boron and hydrogen? Easier to feed continuously.
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Re:Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear ... by kamesstory on Friday February 21, 2020 @11:29AM (#22384354)
Probably had to do with density, if the target is cascading reactions by nuclei to nuclei contact. Solids have a higher chance of contact.
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Re:Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear ... by JoeAltmaier on Saturday February 22, 2020 @09:03AM (#22391060)
Not convinced. The excited atom will travel in a straight line without slowing until it contacts another atom same as in a pellet. The mean free path is longer, but the chance of collision is about the same?
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Re:Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear ... by ncmncm on Friday February 21, 2020 @12:05PM (#22384669)
Better yet, a wire feed.
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Re:Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear ... by grogers on Saturday February 22, 2020 @09:34AM (#22391221)
The paper says the fuel is a low energy plasma of "solid state density". It's not a solid chunk of HB11, which AFAIK doesn't exist. The primary factor limiting the feed is the repetition rate of the laser.
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