P+11B reaction question
P+11B reaction question
The reaction result that yields 3 helium atoms, arent those just alpha particles?
sorry, had it answered. Thanks.
sorry, had it answered. Thanks.
Throwing my life away for this whole Fusion mess.
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It isn't all that tough; all you have to do is fire a proton beam at a boron-11 target. Here's an example:
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0370-1298 ... i9p745.pdf
The reason everyone says it's so difficult is that they're thinking of configurations designed to produce net power. If you don't care about net power, pretty much any fusion reaction is easy to do.
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0370-1298 ... i9p745.pdf
The reason everyone says it's so difficult is that they're thinking of configurations designed to produce net power. If you don't care about net power, pretty much any fusion reaction is easy to do.
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Let me be more specific. Has p-B11 fueled IEC fusion ever been done.93143 wrote:It isn't all that tough; all you have to do is fire a proton beam at a boron-11 target. Here's an example:
http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0370-1298 ... i9p745.pdf
The reason everyone says it's so difficult is that they're thinking of configurations designed to produce net power. If you don't care about net power, pretty much any fusion reaction is easy to do.
I just tried that paper I linked to on my home computer, and I can't access it because I'm not subscribed. This problem is likely not unique to me. So let me clarify.
It's a paper from 1952 describing the angular spread of alpha emissions resulting from bombardment of boron-11 with a proton beam. The reaction described is exactly what we call p-11B fusion: p+11B -> alpha+8Be, with the 8Be then fissioning into two more alphas. This reaction was apparently one of the earliest nuclear reactions studied.
Roger, I'm not sure what you're on about...
It's a paper from 1952 describing the angular spread of alpha emissions resulting from bombardment of boron-11 with a proton beam. The reaction described is exactly what we call p-11B fusion: p+11B -> alpha+8Be, with the 8Be then fissioning into two more alphas. This reaction was apparently one of the earliest nuclear reactions studied.
Roger, I'm not sure what you're on about...
It's been done, as 93143 says. It has not been done in a fusor afaik. It will be very hard to do in a net power setup.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic ... t_research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneutronic ... t_research
In 2005, a Russian team produced hydrogen-boron aneutronic fusions using a picosecond laser.[24]
The paper in my post;
viewtopic.php?p=13981&highlight=picosecond#13981
might address some of these questions.
viewtopic.php?p=13981&highlight=picosecond#13981
might address some of these questions.