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Pyrotron thermonuclear reactor and process

  • US 3,170,841 A
  • Filed: 07/14/1954
  • Issued: 02/23/1965
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1954
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. IN A PROCESS WHEREIN A PLASMA OF ENERGETIC ION AND NEUTRALIZING ELECTRONS IS PRODUCED, THE STEPS COMPRISING PROVIDING AN AXIALLY SYMMETRIC MAGNETIC FIELD IN AN EVACUATED REGION TO RADIALLY DEFINE A ZONE IN SAID FIELD, ESTABLISHING GRADIENTIALLY-INTENSIFIED REFLECTOR FIELD REGIONS AT SPACED POSITIONS IN SAID FIELD TO SERVE AS CLOSURES FOR SAID ZONE EFFECTIVE FOR CONFINING SAID PLASMA THEREIN, AND DIRECTING A SPACE CHARGE NEUTRALIZED ION BEAM INTO SAID ZONE FOR CONFINEMENT THEREIN.

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