The key fusion reaction, which contemporary fusion reactors are attempting to reach, is referred to as the D-T reaction in the world of fusion physicists. In this situation, one atom of deuterium and one atom of tritium are combined to create one atom of Helium-4, an energetic neutron plus a 14.3 MeV (million electron-volt) photon (gamma ray). See: “DOE Explains…Nuclear Fusion Reactions”
The world of fusion physics consistently fascinates this author with its weird rules of inter-particle behavior that were unknown to Sir Isaac Newton in the days of Elizabethan England.
The world of fusion physics consistently fascinates this author with its weird rules of inter-particle behavior that were unknown to Sir Isaac Newton in the days of Elizabethan England.
