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Thread #105080   Message #2159161
Posted By: Keith A of Hertford
28-Sep-07 - 06:51 AM
Thread Name: BS: nuclear fusion
Subject: RE: BS: nuclear fusion
They only get instantaneous bursts of fusion.
To get the nuclei to fuse you need high temperature and or pressure.
We can not achieve solar core pressures so much higher than solar temperature is needed.
No material can withstand such temperature so magnetic containment has to be used.
A practical reactor is still a long way off.