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Hi chrismb, That's why I said the "ionization energy must be recovered". So if you shot a boron target with protons, some fraction would heat the target and some fraction would cause fusions reactions proportional to the reaction cross sections. The two questions are: 1. What is the fraction (I don'...

Art, Don't inertial and magnetic fusion face the same ionization energy problems? In ICF, the targets are solid DT at 17K that are imploded but must also ionize the material in addition to compressing and heating it. In Magnetic confinement, the electrons are stripped off from the high heat temperat...