In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:48:30 -0700: Hi, [snip] >5) The neutrons measured in a Fusor are indeed mostly fusion neutrons, but they >represent a small proportion of the total neutrons which have been produced
A 2.5 MeV neutron/proton has enough energy to break apart a deuteron in a collision, which uses up 2.2 of the 2.5 MeV, resulting in much lower energy neutrons. Also collisions which don't result in a such a split will transfer considerable kinetic energy, because the deuteron is only ~twice the mass of a neutron. > >6) Most of the stripped neutrons are 'overloaded' and decay in milliseconds. > So there are lots of 700 keV electrons detected? Regards, Robin van Spaandonk Hot fusion is sort of like Heaven, It's the reward you get long after everyone's dead
