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: Random after supper ideas.
Date: Oct 29, 12:48 pm
Poster: Jim LuxOn Oct 29, 12:48 pm, Jim Lux wrote:
>>In the old (before PC) days they use to put grids in a saltwater bath to plot the E-fields.
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>Got more details?
>Has this been done or can it be done for the
>3D fusor grids?Can a non conducting liquid
>be doped to give a model of a fusor?
Invariably, it IS done with 3d models, those not being particularly amenable to simple analytic solutions. Unfortunately, finding a dye that changes state at some convenient field isn't so easy. What you usually do is use an insulated probe (because what you are really measuring is voltages resulting from current flow, which happens to be distributed in the same way as electric field)
For 2 D problems, rubber sheets and posts have also been used.