In this space, visitors are invited to post any comments, questions, or skeptical observations about Philo T. Farnsworth's contributions to the field of Nuclear Fusion research.Subject: Re: more magnetic confinement ideas
Date: Aug 05, 8:35 pm
Poster: Pierce NicholsOn Aug 05, 8:35 pm, Pierce Nichols wrote:
>Your electron confinement idea sounds nice, but what do you do with them once confined in the area of fusion?
They serve the same purpose as a grid would -- the massive potential difference btwn the electron cloud and the wall accelerates the fuel ions into the center.
>Your idea is plausable, and a heavy iron or steel outer sphere would serve as a form of armature to concentrate the fields.
That would mean putting whole thing inside that outer sphere. The vacuum vessel would have to be non-magnetic unless i put the magnets internally.
> I would use modern Nd:Fe:B magnets for max energy product. They did wonders for me in my early work with fusor demos.
I was planning to use electromagnets, b/c they are cheaper for the required strength and easier to handle. I think I need field strengths on the order of several tenths of a Tesla. Permenant magnets in that range are a bit out of my price range, I think. Magnet wire is cheaper.
-p