Deuterium fusion, also called deuterium burning, is a nuclear fusion reaction that occurs in stars and some substellar objects, in which a deuterium nucleus...
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Deuterium–tritium fusion (sometimes abbreviated D+T) (DTF) is a type of nuclear fusion in which one deuterium (2H) nucleus (deuteron) fuses with one tritium...
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Deuterium (hydrogen-2, symbol 2H or D, also known as heavy hydrogen) is one of two stable isotopes of hydrogen; the other is protium, or hydrogen-1, 1H...
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ratio and mobility of deuterium that could be achieved within palladium metal using electrolysis might result in nuclear fusion. To investigate, they...
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Helion Energy (category Fusion power companies)
investment. Helion uses a combination of deuterium and 3 He as fuel. Deuterium and 3He allows mostly aneutronic fusion, releasing only 5% of its energy in...
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Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei, usually deuterium and tritium (hydrogen isotopes), combine to form one or more different...
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conditions required to harness aneutronic fusion are much more extreme than those required for deuterium–tritium (D–T) fusion such as at ITER. The first experiments...
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Pyroelectric fusion refers to the technique of using pyroelectric crystals to generate high strength electrostatic fields to accelerate deuterium ions (tritium...
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conditions needed for fusion energy production. Proposed fusion reactors generally use heavy hydrogen isotopes such as deuterium and tritium (and especially...
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thermonuclear weapon, yields 10.4 megatons of TNT out of a fusion fuel of liquid deuterium. Cousins and Ware build a larger toroidal pinch device in England...
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Stellar nucleosynthesis (redirect from Hydrogen fusion)
Hydrogen fusion: Deuterium fusion The proton–proton chain The carbon–nitrogen–oxygen cycle Helium fusion: The triple-alpha process The alpha process Fusion of...
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A pure fusion weapon is a hypothetical hydrogen bomb design that does not need a fission "primary" explosive to ignite the fusion of deuterium and tritium...
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benefit of muon-catalyzed fusion is that the fusion process can start with pure deuterium gas without tritium. Plasma fusion reactors like ITER or Wendelstein...
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Brown dwarf (section Deuterium fusion)
nuclear fusion of ordinary hydrogen (1H) into helium in their cores, but massive enough to emit some light and heat from the fusion of deuterium (2H). The...
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produced from deuterium, lithium, or boron. Even if a self-sustaining fusion reaction cannot be produced, it might be possible to use fusion to boost the...
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filled with fuel. The targets are small pellets, typically containing deuterium (2H) and tritium (3H). Energy is deposited in the target's outer layer...
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Heavy water (redirect from Deuterium oxide)
Heavy water (deuterium oxide, 2 H 2O, D 2O) is a form of water in which hydrogen atoms are all deuterium (2 H or D, also known as heavy hydrogen) rather...
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Tritium (category Nuclear fusion fuels)
yielding 4.8 MeV. In comparison, fusion of deuterium with tritium releases about 17.6 MeV. For applications in proposed fusion energy reactors, such as ITER...
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Big Bang nucleosynthesis (redirect from Deuterium bottleneck)
temperature range when the universe was cool enough for deuterium to survive, but hot and dense enough for fusion reactions to occur at a significant rate. It was...
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Z(-pinch)-Fission-Fusion Reactor- in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Neutrons produced in a Z-pinch facility (endowed with cylindrical symmetry and fuelled with deuterium and...
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the world's first magnetic fusion device to perform extensive scientific experiments with plasmas composed of 50/50 deuterium/tritium (D-T), the fuel mix...
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feed in as fuel, further complicating the overall arrangement. Deuterium-deuterium fusion would, of course, avoid this requirement. Another concern for...
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On May 1, 1974, the KMS fusion company (founded by Kip Siegel) achieved the world's first laser induced fusion in a deuterium-tritium pellet. The Princeton...
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these planets were similar to Jupiter. Objects large enough to start deuterium fusion (above 13 Jupiter masses for solar composition) are called brown dwarfs...
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Joint European Torus (redirect from Jet fusion)
real deuterium-tritium fuel mix, the other being the US-built TFTR. Both were built with the hope of reaching scientific breakeven where the "fusion energy...
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weaponized dry fusion bomb, using lithium deuteride fuel for the fusion stage of a staged fusion bomb, unlike the cryogenic liquid deuterium of the first-generation...
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Hydrogen fluoride laser (redirect from Deuterium fluoride laser)
However, when deuterium is used instead of hydrogen, the deuterium fluoride lases at the wavelength of about 3.8 μm. This makes the deuterium fluoride laser...
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Tokamak (redirect from Tokamak fusion)
the first to achieve fusion on Earth, using a particle accelerator to shoot deuterium nuclei into metal foil containing deuterium or other atoms. This...
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or physical impairments arising before adulthood Deuterium-deuterium fusion, a type of nuclear fusion Delhi Daredevils, former name of Delhi Capitals Delhi...
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Neutron generator (category Nuclear fusion)
isotopes of hydrogen together. The fusion reactions take place in these devices by accelerating either deuterium, tritium, or a mixture of these two...
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