On Nov 18, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Anyway, my point is that a nuclear chain reaction goes faster than heat conduction which is why a critical mass holds together long enough to make a really big bang. But if heat is the only means that one cold fusion reaction triggers another (and not via fast moving neutrons or what-have-you), I don't see how you can trigger a really big bang by chain reaction or positive feedback. However, it is much too early to reach a firm conclusion about the prospects for a bomb, and I am certainly not qualified to reach it in any case.
Why would you think heat conduction would be involved in a chain reaction?? This is certainly nothing like what I suggested.
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