based on reading certain replies....
Posted on 10/09/2020 11:54:06 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
This boy fused two deuterium atoms together in a reactor he built in his family home!
This is what happens when kids are given the means and opportunities to follow their dreams: 12-year-old Jackson Oswalt achieved nuclear fusion using the reactor he had built in his house in Memphis, Tennessee, officially making him the world's youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion, per Guinness World Records!
Now, at 15 years old, he has become one of this year's Guinness World Records 2021 edition stars.
(Excerpt) Read more at interestingengineering.com ...
“Industrial might is not required to build a fusor however, and small demonstration fusors that achieve fusion (but not break-even!) can and have been constructed by amateurs, including high-school students for science projects. Each electrode is spot-welded from hoops of stainless-steel wire (often welding rod) at right angles. The fusor’s electrode dimensions are not very critical. The outer electrode can range from beach-ball to baseball size, and the inner from baseball to ping-pong ball size. Usually such projects use the high-voltage transformer from a neon sign, and high voltage rectifier from a hobby shop. Spark plug wires carry the power, with spark plugs to pass it into the vacuum chamber. Deuterium is available in lecturer bottles and is not a controlled nuclear material. Neutrons can be sensed by measuring induced radioactivity in aluminium foil after moderating the neutrons with wax or plastic, or a plastic neutron luminescent material can be used with a photodetector. The major expense is the vacuum pump. Note that the voltages are dangerous (though less dangerous than a TV), and neutron emissions do present some hazard. The X-ray emissions are less than those of a color TV since the voltages are less. “
“Neutrons can be sensed by measuring induced radioactivity in aluminium foil after moderating the neutrons with wax or plastic, or a plastic neutron luminescent material can be used with a photodetector”
LOL!
” Note that the voltages are dangerous (though less dangerous than a TV), “
My 75” TV uses 3.1 volts to. light the LED’s.
But, but, he's white.....
I always wanted to build a fusor myself.
Yep. Not that hard to build one. People are so ignorant, thinking this is some big feat of SCIENCE!
Compared to other 15 year old kids—of any generation—I think it’s an impressive thing. For a third year research fellow at MIT? Not so much. Context is everything.
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