FICS Fusion Experiment
Posted: 06 Jan 2016, 10:12
Some of you may be interested in my current project, I am building a particle collider or a fusor. It's not the first one, I have built three versions before this one, after building each one I realised how I could make improvements, so I built another one, so here is number four.
It is a high vacuum system with a linear accelerator tube having a low negative electrical potential on the cathode, molecules of Deuterium are ionised in the cathode, where some undergo fusion, releasing a neutron, an alpha particle and around 3.7 meV of excess energy. My projects always have some new elements which require R&D so I expect it will take up to one year to complete. I have made a good start over the Christmas break, but this initial work pictured below was simple brainless work and progressed fairly fast.
Providing I manage to get this apparatus to operate in a steady state mode, It should be able to produce neutrons on demand, which may enable some activation experiments, but neutrons are not the primary objective of the experiment, I am hoping to demonstrate a system of Fusion Induced Charge Separation, which is why I have called the experiment for F.I.C.S.
When a fusion reaction takes place a charged alpha particle is ejected with lots of kinetic energy, so when this takes place inside the cathode, the positively charged particle is shot up through the accelerator tube against the charge gradient, thereby leaving the cathode with another negative charge, using a system of diodes it should be possible to close the circuit and measure the fusion induced charge separation, well thats the plan anyway.
I shall post more as I make progress..
It is a high vacuum system with a linear accelerator tube having a low negative electrical potential on the cathode, molecules of Deuterium are ionised in the cathode, where some undergo fusion, releasing a neutron, an alpha particle and around 3.7 meV of excess energy. My projects always have some new elements which require R&D so I expect it will take up to one year to complete. I have made a good start over the Christmas break, but this initial work pictured below was simple brainless work and progressed fairly fast.
Providing I manage to get this apparatus to operate in a steady state mode, It should be able to produce neutrons on demand, which may enable some activation experiments, but neutrons are not the primary objective of the experiment, I am hoping to demonstrate a system of Fusion Induced Charge Separation, which is why I have called the experiment for F.I.C.S.
When a fusion reaction takes place a charged alpha particle is ejected with lots of kinetic energy, so when this takes place inside the cathode, the positively charged particle is shot up through the accelerator tube against the charge gradient, thereby leaving the cathode with another negative charge, using a system of diodes it should be possible to close the circuit and measure the fusion induced charge separation, well thats the plan anyway.
I shall post more as I make progress..