Different Fusion Methods
Practical
problem: combination of high temperatures and densities are
required to force positively charged nuclei together, but the resulting
high pressure will tend to blow fusion plasma (hot ionized gas)
apart
3 primary plasma
confinement methods
I. Gravitational
confinement: astrophysical contexts
II.
Magnetic confinement: tokomaks
III. Inertial confinement - inertia of
the fuel confines it for the nanoseconds (10-9 s) required for the
fusion reaction to proceed
