Re: Proton-Proton Fusion- the easy way

"Luke Campbell" <lwcamp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > If the chamber that the fusion reaction is going on in is a high grade
> > mirror, would this increase insulation? I assume that most of the heat
> > lost from the reactor is due to radiated heat from the plasma ? Not
> > sure if this is really related to this thread though.
>
> The heat is lost via radiation, but the plasma is so hot this radiation
> is in the soft x-ray aprt of the spectrum. Mirrors made from materials
> held together by chemical bonds (like metals, etc) do not do a very
> good job reflecting x-rays at anything other than grazing incidence.

The solution, then, would seem to be to use something that absorbs x-rays
very well, such that at least half of the energy gets re-radiated back into
the reactor.

-l.
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