Reply To: heaviest element plasmoid fusion?

[meemoe_uk]

> First the x-ray emission goes up as the charge of the ions squared—that cools the plasma

I thought you said the quantum magnetic effect fixes that, for pB11 at least. Doesn’t this effect also scale for higher magnetic fields?

>Second, the reaction rate and fusion power generated at a given temperature goes down rapidly for heavier elements.

Yes, by nuclear theory alone, fusion into iron 56 is the highest possible atom from which fusion is exothermic*. Does plasmoid theory further reduce the size of largest possible exothermic atom fusion ? e.g. would it be impossible to extract energy from silicon-helium fusion via plasmoids?

Sure, I don’t dispute pB11 is an optimal fusion fuel. I’m looking to explain some of the Earth’s composition by plasmoid fusion by subterranean electric discharge, after the Earth formed. Like all this sulphur we see around. I think your plasmoid theory could explain sulphur as a product of oxygen oxygen plasmoid induced fusion, or perhaps cumulative helium fusions, as an ongoing process within the Earth, and on Io.
It may also explain the distribution of some other elements in the Earth’s crust. Elements that require endo-thermic fusion will be less abundant in the crust.

A key question I want to ask : accepting that several detrimental factors become significant for large atom fusion by plasmoids making them endothermic and useless for the purpose of power generation; if enough energy was input into an attempt to fuse large ions ( e.g. 2 iron atoms ) by plasmoid, just to see if it could be done, would the plasmoid magnetic field still scale to the 5th power and create a presumably mega strong field, regardless of any other shortcomings in the goal of fusion?
thanks very much if you answer this question!

(* actually that might not be true. the binding energy per nucleon is so low for small ions, perhaps the fusion of very small atoms into any large atom, including those greater than iron would be exothermic, but certainly not optimal )