, N.Y. - Physical Review E has announced the publication of an article by a team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Purdue University, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) stating that they have replicated and extended previous experimental results that indicated the occurrence of nuclear fusion using a novel approach for plasma confinement.
This approach, called bubble fusion, and the new experimental results are being published in an extensively peer-reviewed article titled "Additional Evidence of Nuclear Emissions During Acoustic Cavitation," which is scheduled to be posted on Physical Review E's Web site and published in its journal this month.
The research team used a standing ultrasonic wave to help form and then implode the cavitation bubbles of deuterated acetone vapor. The oscillating sound waves caused the bubbles to expand and then violently collapse, creating strong compression shock waves around and inside the bubbles. Moving at about the speed of sound, the internal shock waves impacted at the center of the bubbles causing very high compression and accompanying temperatures of about 100 million Kelvin.
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20-Apr-2004
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I found your article very interesting. This would be a tremendous leap forward in the fusion front.
Is there a time line setup as of yet to begin large scale testing of this type of fusion for comercial applications and beyond. "
Posted by: Robert Robinson
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20-Apr-2004
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I saw this in 2002 and was interested in knowing if the equipment gave false readings. All I can say at this point is....SWEET! This is very exciting news. I can't wait for this to be more understood and used in production systems. Nice job and kudos to all involved! "
Posted by: Joel Dooris
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