In reply to Jones Beene's message of Sat, 23 Jun 2012 06:56:56 -0700:
Hi Jones,
This is why I want to use H/Li7 for space travel. For use on Earth, I would
prefer H/B11, which is less energetic, but Boron is more common.
Note also that the alphas from the H/Li7 reaction are energetic enough to
produce a few spallation neutrons, so this reaction is not quite as clean as the
H/B11 reaction.
[snip]
>This Li-H reaction, has been called "fusion/fission" since it is a bit of
>both, but the net gain is equivalent to about 17 MeV divided equally between
>the alphas - which is about 20 million times greater than combustion, pound
>for pound.
>
>Not bad, and the reaction is made possible by f/H- which is the negatively
>charged ("hydrided") version of f/H.
>
>Jones
>
Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk
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