This is interesting - especially in that it validates Rusi Taleyarkhan claims.
Shame on you Purdue ! OTOH as of now - the device is grossly inefficient and the mention of having a route to self-power is ridiculous. It would take at least 10,000 linked reactors like this one to get near breakeven. Scale-up is a bitch, as they say. A Farnsworth Fusor is less complicated and can get as close to breakeven without the costly neutron source but it too is going nowhere. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] I forgot to include the text description link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/137767342/Sonfusion > The following presentation from India describes (what appears to be) a > successful sonofusion experiment. > > The essential apparatus involved are: > > - Pyrex flask. > - Deuterated acetone > - Vacuum pump. > - Piezoelectric crystal. > - Wave generator. > - Amplifier. > - Neutron generator. > - Neutron and gamma ray detector. > - Photomultiplier. > - Microphone and speaker. > > The neutron generator produces 6 microsecond bursts of 14.1 MeV neutrons > which collide with acetone to expel carbon and oxygen nuclei. > > The fusion appears to be conventional. > > 2.54 MeV neutrons are detected - the signature of D-D fusion. > Neutron arrivals are coincident with photons from bubble collapse. > Tritium is produced. See: > > SONOFUSION > http://www.scribd.com/doc/137766520/sonofusion > > > > >
