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There are other potential ways to extract electricity from a plasma. Since plasma is high-energy charged particles, you can extract voltage directly from their
by kemiller 8y ago
There are other potential ways to extract electricity from a plasma. Since plasma is high-energy charged particles, you can extract voltage directly from their kinetic energy. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_energy_conversion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_energy_conversion
- epistasis 8y agoAha, that's exactly the term I was missing! Thank you so much. In particular, the gamma radiation energy capture in that Wikipedia article addresses another somewhat undesirable aspect of fusion in a really great way.