Fusor is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Fusor meaning
A celestial body that, through self-gravity, is able to perform nuclear fusion within its core, at any point in its life. These include stars, stellar remnants, and brown dwarfs.
Using Fusor
- The main meaning on this page is: A celestial body that, through self-gravity, is able to perform nuclear fusion within its core, at any point in its life. These include stars, stellar remnants, and brown dwarfs.
- In the example corpus, fusor often appears in combinations such as: the fusor, fusor has, in fusor.
Context around Fusor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fusor
- In this selection, "fusor" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hirsch, presenting, simple, work, inside and machines stand out and add context to how "fusor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a typical fusor produces 1e5 and actually a fusor. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fusor" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbo, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fusor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A low but steady interest in the fusor has persisted since. (11 words)
A growing number of amateurs have performed nuclear fusion using simple fusor machines. (13 words)
Such a device would be useful in the same sort of roles as the fusor. (15 words)
His work was popularised by an article in the Analog Science Fiction and Fact publication, where Tom Ligon (who has also written several science fiction stories ) described how the fusor would make for a highly effective fusion rocket. (38 words)
In the fusor, the ions are accelerated to several keV by the electrodes, so heating as such is not necessary (as long as the ions fuse before losing their energy by any process). (33 words)
Common considerations Modes of operation Farnsworth–Hirsch fusor during operation in so called "star mode" characterized by "rays" of glowing plasma which appear to emanate from the gaps in the inner grid. (32 words)
Example sentences (19)
Amateur Taylor Wilson presenting fusor work to Barack Obama, February 7, 2012 Kuba Anglin and Noah Anglin's fusor inside their bedroom lab.
A growing number of amateurs have performed nuclear fusion using simple fusor machines.
A low but steady interest in the fusor has persisted since.
Applications Ionized deuterium in a fusor reactor giving off its characteristic pinkish-red glow Emission spectrum of an ultraviolet deuterium arc lamp Deuterium has a number of commercial and scientific uses.
At bench top, these losses can be at least five orders of magnitude higher than fusion power made, even when the fusor is in star mode.
Common considerations Modes of operation Farnsworth–Hirsch fusor during operation in so called "star mode" characterized by "rays" of glowing plasma which appear to emanate from the gaps in the inner grid.
Complicating issues is the challenge in cooling the central electrode; any fusor producing enough power to run a power plant seems destined to also destroy its inner electrode.
Design Farnsworth's original fusor designs were based on cylindrical arrangements of electrodes, like the original multipactors.
Electrodes Image showing a different grid design There are a number of unsolved challenges with the electrodes in a fusor power system.
Fusors A relatively simple Farnsworth–Hirsch fusor can be used to generate neutrons for NAA experiments.
His work was popularised by an article in the Analog Science Fiction and Fact publication, where Tom Ligon (who has also written several science fiction stories ) described how the fusor would make for a highly effective fusion rocket.
In comparison, any given ion will require a few minutes before undergoing a fusion reaction, so that the monoenergetic picture of the fusor, at least for power production, is not appropriate.
In the fusor, the ions are accelerated to several keV by the electrodes, so heating as such is not necessary (as long as the ions fuse before losing their energy by any process).
Nevertheless, the fusor has since become a practical neutron source and is produced commercially for this role.
Such a device would be useful in the same sort of roles as the fusor.
This appears to be a sort of catch-22 that limits the output of any fusor-like system.
This varies by technique (NIF has a record of 3E14 neutrons per second citation while a typical fusor produces 1E5–1E9 neutrons per second).
To date, the highest neutron flux achieved by a fusor-like device has been 3 × 10 11 neutrons per second with the deuterium-deuterium fusion reaction.
While all three are Inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC) devices, only the last is actually a "fusor".
Common combinations with fusor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the fusor 7×
- fusor has 2×
- in fusor 2×
- hirsch fusor 2×