In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 7 Feb 2011 11:05:21 -0800: Hi, [snip] >Admittedly not a great fit, as catalysts go - but is it close enough for >government contracting ? [snip]
One problem is that each alpha particle would at most produce two photons, and each photon at most 1 fusion reaction, so your power output is limited to at most two fusion reactions per alpha particle. That means that since a fusion reaction and an alpha particle each represent about 5 MeV, that about 1/3 of your output power has to be supplied by alpha particles, and that's assuming the best possible conditions, which in itself is extremely unlikely. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
