Re: [Vo]:Krivit 1 ITER 0

In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 13 Nov 2017 17:42:50 -0500: Hi, [snip] > wrote: > > >> >As I >> >said, that total is always more than the energy added to the plasma, up to >> >the iron limit. >> [snip] >> Actually, iron is not the limit. It depends on which nuclei

Re: [Vo]:Krivit 1 ITER 0

wrote: > >As I > >said, that total is always more than the energy added to the plasma, up to > >the iron limit. > [snip] > Actually, iron is not the limit. It depends on which nuclei you are trying > to > fuse. A lone proton has zero net binding energy, so would fuse with

Re: [Vo]:Krivit 1 ITER 0

In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:09:40 -0500: Hi, [snip] >As I >said, that total is always more than the energy added to the plasma, up to >the iron limit. [snip] Actually, iron is not the limit. It depends on which nuclei you are trying to fuse. A lone proton has zero

Re: [Vo]:Krivit 1 ITER 0

I meant to say: > That is one way to define net energy. I would define it as the energy > added to the plasma itself. By that definition, all fusion reactions with > atoms lighter than iron always produce net energy. > I mean to say: I would define it as the output energy from the plasma,

Re: [Vo]:Krivit 1 ITER 0

JonesBeene wrote: Krivit nailed ITER with charges of perpetrating active fraud to the public. > In the face of the facts they have made a few changes (not enough) which is > an embarrassment to the vocal supporters of this fraud - who immediately > tried to slime Krivit. >