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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5430776 | Fuel pellets for thermonuclear reactions Fuel pellets for use as targets in a device employing thermonuclear fusion by inertial confinement (Laser fusion) are manufactured from high polymer hydrocarbons in which bound hydrogen has been replaced with tritium. The required polymer is prepared by p... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5015432 | Method and apparatus for generating and utilizing a compound plasma configuration A method and apparatus for generating and utilizing a compound plasma configuration is disclosed. The plasma configuration includes a central toroidal plasma with electrical currents surrounded by a generally ellipsoidal mantle of ionized particles or ele... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4693938 | Foam shell cryogenic ICF target A uniform cryogenic layer of DT fuel is maintained in a fusion target having a low density, small pore size, low Z rigid foam shell saturated with liquid DT fuel. Capillary action prevents gravitational slumping of the fuel layer. The saturated shell may ... | 09/15/1987 |
| 4668247 | Hydrogen energy releasing catalyst A hydrogen energy releasing catalyst comprises a liposoluble organometallic lithium and a vehicle or diluent oil. A process for preparing the aforementioned catalyst which comprises dissolving or dispersing a liposoluble organometallic lithium in a vehicl... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4654183 | Production of intense negative hydrogen beams with polarized nuclei by selective neutralization of negative ions A process for selectively neutralizing H- ions in a magnetic field to produce an intense negative hydrogen ion beam with spin polarized protons. Characteristic features of the process include providing a multi-ampere beam of H- ions ... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4642206 | Production of spin polarized fusion fuels Methods for producing large, highly nuclear spin-polarized thermonuclear fuels HD, D2, HT and DT in a state where they can be stored and manipulated for appreciable times at ordinary liquid helium temperatures, are disclosed. Molecular mixtures... | 02/10/1987 |
| 4617462 | Polarized internal target apparatus A polarized internal target apparatus with a polarized gas target of improved polarization and density achieved by mixing target gas atoms with a small amount of alkali metal gas atoms, and passing a high intensity polarized light source into the mixture ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4568509 | Ion beam device A nuclear fusion device comprising a condensed phase fuel element and accelerated ion beams which ionize and compress the fuel element and initiate nuclear fusion reactions. In one of the embodiment beams comprising electrons in addition to ions are emplo... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4290847 | Multishell microcapsules Smooth-surfaced, free-flowing, rigid, spherical, hollow microcapsules having non-porous shell walls consisting of essentially homogeneous, non-vitreous metal oxide in predominantly polycrystalline state, which have at least one shell having over the entir... | 09/22/1981 |
| 4263095 | Device and method for imploding a microsphere with a fast liner A device and method for relativistic electron beam heating of a high-density plasma in a small localized region. A relativistic electron beam generator or accelerator produces a high-voltage electron beam which propagates along a vacuum drift tube and is ... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4224261 | Methods of fabricating microsponge deuterated initiated hydrocarbon polymer target which emit neutrons when irradiated by high energy beams Targets for high energy beams, such as laser beams, produced in laser fusion apparatus are described. The targets are porous spheres of deuterated hydrocarbon material, particularly deuterated polyethylene. The spheres are small and have diameters in the ... | 09/23/1980 |
| 4182651 | Pulsed deuterium lithium nuclear reactor A nuclear reactor that burns hydrogen bomb material 6-lithium deuterotritide to helium in successive microexplosions which are ignited electrically and enclosed by this same molten material, and that permits the conversion of the reaction heat into useful... | 01/08/1980 |
| 4182650 | Pulsed nuclear fusion reactor This invention relates to a nuclear fusion power plant for producing useful electrical energy by nuclear combustion of deuterium and lithium to helium. A large concentric plate capacitor is discharged rapidly through a mass of molten LiD1-x T | 01/08/1980 |
| 4152625 | Plasma generation and confinement with continuous wave lasers A method and apparatus for initiating a stable plasma and maintaining the asma stationary. A high power, continuous wave laser is used to initiate and maintain the plasma, while a magnetic trap confines the plasma.... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4149077 | Method for separation and enrichment of lithium isotopes by laser The element "lithium" has strong absorption lines near 6707.84 A and 3232.61 A and possesses specific isotope shifts at the respective absorption lines. With the aid of a laser capable of controlling the oscillation spectral width accurately to 0.01 A, th... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4092381 | Methods of fabricating microsponge deuterated hydrocarbon polymer targets which emit neutrons when irradiated by high energy beams Targets for high energy beams, such as laser beams, produced in laser fusion apparatus are described. The targets are porous spheres of deuterated hydrocarbon material, particularly deuterated polyethylene. The spheres are small and have diameters in the ... | 05/30/1978 |
| 3987590 | Methods of fabricating thermonuclear fuel elements Thermonuclear fuel elements used as targets which are radiated by pulse laser radiation of high energy level to produce laser fusion as for thermonuclear energy generation are made out of materials not heretofore available for such use. Such materials are... | 10/26/1976 |
| 3955153 | Ring laser for penetrating waves A ring laser for penetrating electromagnetic radiation such as X or gamma rays, using a pumping beam supplied by a primary lightwave or infrared laser. A member made of active material is illuminated by the beam, which has symmetry of revolution around it... | 05/04/1976 |
