Sentences with phrase «deuterium ion beam»
On the other hand, negative hydrogen / deuterium ion beams sustain the energy - independent neutralization efficiency of ~ 60 %.
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Specifically, they measured hydrogen and its isotope, deuterium (hydrogen with an extra neutron in its nucleus) with ion microprobes, which use a focused beam of ions to sputter ions from a small rock sample into a mass spectrometer.
Development of neutral beam injection (NBI) heating system utilizing a hydrogen / deuterium (H / D) negative ion source, is significant for a fusion plasma reactor, which is one of the potential solutions to future energy - resource problems.
Although future ADS systems will use protons beams and a heavy metal target to produce neutrons, Guinevere's neutron source — deuterium ions hitting a tritium target — is powerful enough to simulate how a bigger machine like Myrrha will behave, says Abderrahim.
The team will then shoot beams of various neutron - rich ions at a plastic target full of deuterium, a heavy form of hydrogen in which the nucleus contains a proton and a neutron.