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Crazymechanic
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Hi an idea came in mind.Before I go further I want to say that I understand that this is just a theoretical philosophy and that in real life there are radiation losses and particle loses and all kinds of other losses.
Ok so here's the question.Why can't fusion plasma be heated like a cup of water for example you just keep adding energy slowly until you reach the fusion or in the case of water the boiling point?
or like lifting a huge heavy iron block by hydraulic lift adding the potential energy to the block one small step at a time.
Ok I know that in plasma you have heat losses magnetic field fluctuations neutron escape alpha particle and all kinds of other losses and escapes that disrupt the plasma state, but if we could conserve all these particles and somehow (magically) keep them in the plasma wouldn't it be easy then to achieve fusion just by slowly heating the plasma or pressurizing it till the right conditions are achieved?
Ok so here's the question.Why can't fusion plasma be heated like a cup of water for example you just keep adding energy slowly until you reach the fusion or in the case of water the boiling point?
or like lifting a huge heavy iron block by hydraulic lift adding the potential energy to the block one small step at a time.
Ok I know that in plasma you have heat losses magnetic field fluctuations neutron escape alpha particle and all kinds of other losses and escapes that disrupt the plasma state, but if we could conserve all these particles and somehow (magically) keep them in the plasma wouldn't it be easy then to achieve fusion just by slowly heating the plasma or pressurizing it till the right conditions are achieved?