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I wondered why these things were so expensive until I read: -literally made of gold or uranium -walls must have surface roughness less than 1 micron Are ther
by snypher 5y ago
I wondered why these things were so expensive until I read:
-literally made of gold or uranium
-walls must have surface roughness less than 1 micron
Are there other reasons too? I'm not sure where to find machinable uranium on McMaster
- MertsA 5y agoUranium is pretty cheap, they don't need enriched uranium (although I'd be interested to know if using the fusion as a neutron source could trigger a decent amount of fission in the hohlraum), they just need a very dense metal. You should take a look at the LLNL's page on targets. https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/keys-to-success/targets https://lasers.llnl.gov/about/keys-to-success/targets https://www.lanl.gov/conferences/tfm/presentations/08-21-12-PM2-1-Hein.pdf https://www.lanl.gov/conferences/tfm/presentations/08-21-12-...