Fusion reactors by energy quotient

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Re: Fusion reactors by energy quotient

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Everyone must remember..............If your efforts are to be cataloged by Steven, you MUST give adequate information or he can't figure out what you've done. This means full, accurate metering of voltage and current from the supply and a good neutron count based on an accepted neutron counting method.

For more info on what is demanded see:

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=7893&hilit=faq#p55852 -re: faq

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Hi Guys,

Some of the more recent members may not have seen my fusor list here and not many have claimed a listing recently. Thanks to frank I now have editing privileges and will start maintaining this list again. See the first post in this thread for the conditions required to claim a rank for your fusor.

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2826&p=12336#p12336

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Ah! My best fusor run would be between #4 and #5 on the list as it is today:

Bob Reite's standard fusor.
Standard fusor.
22 Oct 2014
Q = 2.49 e-9
40 KV @ 7.0 mA
42 bubbles over 5 minutes
33 b/mRem

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=9689 Run #3
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Thanks Bob,

Nice work, you are now on the list.

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Announcement,

July 2016 Andrew Seltzman's superb effort with his Mark3 fusor has been added to the list in position 3, technically it should be number two on the list since the benchmark #1 on the list is not an amateur effort, in any case I have a feeling Andrew is not giving up just yet.

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I don't see Carl Willis' "Carl's Jr" fusor on the list:
from a run in 2008: 75 kVDC, 12 mA, 12 mtorr, > 2E+06

This would equate to a Q of about 2.6e-9

https://carlwillis.wordpress.com/2008/0 ... -carls-jr/
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Andrew,

Okay I have added Carl's documented run to the list, I have no reason to doubt his figures. Normally I add people to the list by request, so if anyone else has a best run they want added to the list, please give me the link to the run report.

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