Re:Radical hydrogen-boron reactor leapfrogs current nuclear ...
by phkahler on Wednesday February 26, 2020 @02:10PM
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>> If a He ions hits H atoms a couple of times, the second H hit has just the right energy to then hit another Boron and create an an avalanche of reactions. https://aip.scitation.org/na101/home/literatum/publisher/aip....
Well that's frightening.
Hydrogen + Boron -> 3×Helium + energy
The energy is mostly 2900keV kinetic energy for each Helium ion i.e. the He ions just fuck off really fast and leave the elections behind.
If a He ions hits H atoms a couple of times, the second H hit has just the right energy to then hit another Boron and create an an avalanche of reactions. https://aip.scitation.org/na101/home/literatum/publisher/aip...