inertial confinement fusion
1Inertial confinement fusion — (ICF) is a process where nuclear fusion reactions are initiated by heating and compressing a fuel target, typically in the form of a pellet that most often contains a mixture of deuterium and tritium.To compress and heat the fuel, energy is… …
2Confinement fusion — may refer to: Bubble fusion, or acoustic inertial confinement fusion Inertial confinement fusion Magnetic confinement fusion This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an …
3inertial confinement — noun In fusion studies, short term containment of plasma arising from inertial resistance to outward forces, achieved mainly by using a powerful laser • • • Main Entry: ↑inert …
4Magnetic confinement fusion — TCV inner view, with graphite clad torus Magnetic confinement fusion is an approach to generating fusion power that uses magnetic fields to confine the hot fusion fuel in the form of a plasma. Magnetic confinement is one of two major branches of… …
5Fusion power — The Sun is a natural fusion reactor. Fusion power is the power generated by nuclear fusion processes. In fusion reactions two light atomic nuclei fuse together to form a heavier nucleus (in contrast with fission power). In doing so they release a …
6Inertial fusion power plant — An Inertial fusion power plant is intended to produce electric power by use of inertial confinement fusion techniques on an industrial scale. This type of power plant is still in a research phase.It is frequently assumed that the only medium term …
7fusion reactor — Physics. a reactor for producing atomic energy by nuclear fusion. Cf. reactor (def. 4). * * * Introduction also called fusion power plant or thermonuclear reactor a device to produce electrical power from the energy released in a nuclear… …
8Fusion rocket — A fusion rocket is a theoretical design for a rocket driven by fusion power which could provide efficient and long term acceleration in space without the need to carry a large fuel supply. The design relies on the development of fusion power… …
9Fusion energy gain factor — The fusion energy gain factor, usually expressed with the symbol Q, is the ratio of fusion power produced in a nuclear fusion reactor to the power required to maintain the plasma in steady state.In a fusion power reactor a plasma must be… …
10Inertial electrostatic confinement — (often abbreviated as IEC) is a concept for retaining a plasma using an electrostatic field. The field accelerates charged particles (either ions or electrons) radially inward, usually in a spherical but sometimes in a cylindrical geometry. Ions… …
