----- Original Message ----- From: Horace Heffner <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 23, 2009 9:33 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Gravity role in fusion
> > On Oct 23, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: > > > > Hmm two sources of gravity come to mind. > > The gravitational acceleration of the earth on the system > > undergoing fusion, > > and the internal gravitational acceleration of parts of the > system due > > to the system's own mass. Is it the latter acceleration that you > mean> does not conform to an inverse square law of gravity? > > > > Harry > > I have not mentioned accelerations at all, only *forces*, i.e. two > force laws. Unless you are considering a static system where the net force is zero, acceleration occurs whether you want to mention it or not. ;-) harry > Clearly macro gravity effects from stars affect fusion > by increasing pressure and temperature, but this is indeed way > outside the scope of what I am talking about, which is just the > forces involved in the interaction of, and only between, two nuclei > > plus electrons resulting in fusion or the prevention thereof. > > Best regards, > > Horace Heffner > http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ > > > > >
