How nuclear fusion works (1) - fusors, thermonuclear reactions, lattice fusion

Published: 14 October 2021
on channel: Improbable Matter

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An introduction to basic concepts in nuclear fusion: explaining the most common reactions, why beam-target approaches including fusors can't produce electricity and the lattice fusion approach discovered by NASA.

Contents
00:00 - Introduction
00:34 - Binding Energy
01:28 - Cross sections
04:09 - Beam-target fusion
07:13 - Thermonuclear fusion
12:26 - Lattice fusion
13:36 - Cold fusion
14:06 - Wrap-up

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