"No, close doesn't cut it. The implosion has to be utterly perfect."

'Close enough' is entirely subjective. I said it needed to be 'close enough to spherical' and even if that really means 'perfectly spherical' my statement was true on its face. There is no such thing as 'perfect' when it comes to man made artifacts. The requirement that the implosion be 'utterly perfect' is false. Putting aside your attempted obfuscation, what does the rest of your post have to do with what we are allegedly discussing on this thread?

"'Close enough' is entirely subjective. I said it needed to be 'close enough to spherical' and even if that really means 'perfectly spherical' my statement was true on its face." - calenel

No, this isn't "subjective" in the least. This is nuclear physics, of which you know nothing as evidenced by error after error in post after post.

Here's the public example that I gave that *specifically* refutes your uninformed claim that implosions don't have to be perfect, only "close enough" to create an atomic reaction. In fact, the implosions have to be PERFECT:

Purdue findings support earlier nuclear fusion experiments

Jul 13 ,Physics

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Researchers at Purdue University have new evidence supporting earlier findings by other scientists who designed an inexpensive "tabletop" device that uses sound waves to produce nuclear fusion reactions.

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In the Purdue research, however, the liquid was "seeded" with neutrons before it was bombarded with sound waves. Some of the bubbles created in the process were perfectly spherical, and they imploded with greater force than irregular bubbles. The research yielded evidence that only spherical bubbles implode with a force great enough to cause deuterium atoms to fuse together, similar to the way in which hydrogen atoms fuse in stars to create the thermonuclear furnaces that make stars shine. http://pda.physorg.com/lofinews5130.html