Methods of fabricating thermonuclear fuel elements

Details Methods of fabricating thermonuclear fuel elements Methods of fabricating thermonuclear fuel elements

1975-02-05

1976-10-26

Smith, Al Lawrence

Abrasive tool making process, material, or composition

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51289S, 51324, 264 5, B24B 100, G21C 2102

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ABSTRACT:
Thermonuclear fuel elements used as targets which are radiated by pulse laser radiation of high energy level to produce laser fusion as for thermonuclear energy generation are made out of materials not heretofore available for such use. Such materials are deuterium compounds which could not be fabricated into spheres suitable for laser fusion targets by the melting or freezing methods of fabricating such fuel elements which were heretofore available, since such compounds are peritectic (viz., they decompose or sublimate before melting can occur). By grinding bodies of such deuterium compounds, laser fuel elements are provided of the requisite minute size and spherical configuration such that they are available for use in quantity as thermonuclear fuel elements in laser fusion apparatus.

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