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Subject: Re: Fusor Power Output - restate the question
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Poster: Jim Lux

On , Jim Lux wrote:

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>When the contracts are awarded to scrappers to demolish coal fired power plants, that will be soon enough to believe in the fusion dream proclaimed by the "real sooners".
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But of course, Richard, you are getting about 3e-5 (that's right 30 microwatts) peak, every time you get a fusion (2 MeV = about .3E-12 Joule/ 100 nSec fusion reaction time).

Actually, if you actually look at the time required to spit the neutron out, it might even be shorter. If it was a nanosecond, you could claim a PEAK power output of 3 milliwatts! *at a temperature of 11K deg/keV*20K volts = 220 million degrees...