In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 26 Jul 2004 07:26:26 -0700: Hi, [snip] >> So there are lots of 700 keV electrons detected? > >How would you detect these in a Fusor?
By putting a small instrument portal in the wall? > >If the question is, "are secondary gammas detected" the answer is yes. Actually I was trying to come up with a way of measuring the ratio of "stripping" reactions to fusion reactions, but upon further consideration I realise that since both would produce lone neutrons, this isn't a good measure anyway. A better alternative might be to measure the ratio of neutron production to that of He3 production. Since, if I'm not mistaken, the reaction you propose would result in D splitting into N + P, while a fusion reaction would result in N + He3. If the ratio of He3 to N is small, then we can assume that the D -> N + P reaction predominates. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk Hot fusion is sort of like Heaven, It's the reward you get long after everyone's dead
