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Fusors are room temperature. It’s the electrical gradient which produces the reaction, not temperature.
by garmaine 6y ago
Fusors are room temperature. It’s the electrical gradient which produces the reaction, not temperature.
- ben_w 6y agoThe ions thermalise very quickly even in a fusor; if they fused on the first collision rather than bouncing this whole thing would be much easier. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor#Thermalization_of_the_ion_velocities https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusor#Thermalization_of_the_io... I do like how incredibly simple and easy fusors are compared to the other types of fusion reactor, but sadly they are still very very hot where it counts.