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: Hi Bert, I dabble in science fiction writing, and I am working on a
: story,
: in which a character discovers how to perform cold fusion. My original
: idea was to have him create a molecular vise out of piso-Bucky balls,
: but he has to create it in his garage. Probably too far-fetched for a
: garage experiment. I read about your coin shrinking in Theodore Gray's
: article in October 2003 Popular Science and was intrigued. Would it be
: possible to generate enough force using your coin shrinker or a more
: powerful one to fuse hydrogen inside a metal plug?
: : : Hi Mike,
: I honestly don't know, but I would suspect the answer is no, even if you
: had a much larger "shrinker". During shrinking, the magnetic
: pressure is only directed radially inward on the sample. Since there's
: no axial pressure, the sample would assume a squeezed cylindrical shape
: that would allow material to be extruded out each end of the solenoid,
: relieving internal pressure long before sufficient pressure for fusionc
: could be achieved. It takes an incredible amount of force to cause any
: significant quantity of hydrogen to fuse, such as an atomic bomb or the
: weight of the outer layers of a star... :^)
: Best regards,
: -- Bert --
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: Thanks for the quick response. It sounds like there is no way to arrange
: the coils to squeeze uniformly inward, and the forces generated would
: only be in the neighborhood of a locomotive slamming into a wall,
: whereas a fusion reaction would require something like a meteorite
: crashing into Earth. Back to the drawing board. Thanks again.
:
Bert
congrats on you fine site. On the above, would it be possible to create magnetic pressures as is done with shaped explosive charge that would center the pressure to a point. Just a thought.
Ed
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