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Subject: Re: Hirsch device info
Date: Jul 22, 10:16 pm
Poster: Richard Hull

On Jul 22, 10:16 pm, Richard Hull wrote:

>What Hirsch device had the highest neutron count?

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The one in the Hirsch-Meeks patent (see Coley's website.) ~10e10 neutrons/sec R Hull

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>Did the device have any ion guns?

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No, It did not! R. Hull

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>Is there a scientific article that I can look at to see what he did to get such a high reaction rate?

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Not really. The real specifics of this system are in the patent which contains no real data tables.
Big neutron numbers never came until they first used Tritium Deuterium 50-50 mix in November of 1965, rather late in the effort. R. Hull