Reply To: Nuplex.

[Joeviocoe]

BSFusion wrote:

Sorry if I am still not seeing the major differences. The “SF” in BSF DOES actually stand for sonofusion. It appears to be a different approach, to the same concept.

No, the accronym BSF stands for Bubble-confined Sonoluminescent-laser Fusion, as spelled out in patent appl#: 12/803901, not Bubble SonoFusion. The concepts overlap, but there are major differences. If I changed the name to Matter-confined Laser Fusion (MLF) would that eliminate your objection?

Sorry, but YOUR OWN patent application does not dictate the conventions of common acronyms in science or engineering. The BSF acronym stands as a general concept to be Bubble SonoFusion. If you want to add words using hyphens, be my guest. You can call it, B-c S-l F or MLF or whatever you like. But you only have a patent application, not even a peer-reviewed paper concerning your concept. As far as I can tell right now… you have a unique “APPROACH” to an old idea. And you are the only one trying to call it something completely different by splitting hairs with me. Just like there are many different types and APPROACHES to the Tokamak design.. they are still under the same general concept. So even if your idea has a laser doing different things… it is still BSF.

BSFusion wrote:

As I said before, those links are irrelevent. Prosperetti uses a laser to create a vapor pocket inside of a tiny liquid filled tube. The focus of the laser is located a small distance away from the end of the tube, where surface tension creates a concave gas/liquid interface. The laser heats the liquid until a small vapor pocket forms. When the vapor pocket expands, it creates pressure in the surrounding liquid, which causes the concave geometry of the liquid to accelerate inward, similar to the way a “shaped charge” produces a high-speed jet of liquid metal. In summary, the article is about ink jet technology, not fusion.

One of the major advantages that BSF has over, what you are calling Prosperetti’s sonofusion, is that BSF’s laser impinges directly on the fuel, heating it to around 90eV (100,000 K) prior to compressing it. Laser compression, by the method of differential ionization, begins when material that is located at the periphery of the bubble is ionized, causing it to expand into the fuel, compressing and heating the fuel, until pressure (temperature and particle density) equalize. Note – the ideal ignition temperature for BSF is only 1.6 keV, much lower than the 4.3 keV of ICF.

This was all covered, in greater detail, in the patent application…

Yes, I get it. But I am not a lawyer trying to say that your idea is “LEGALLY” impinging on previous work. Your APPROACH is very different from what others have done. I get that just fine. Nobody is going to sue you.

BSFusion wrote:

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But it is still very much in it’s infancy, and with all the stigma from Taleyarkhan, the physicist that has been found guilty of misconduct… you
have to prove more than the average scientist to gain acceptance for your hypothesis.

I asked you to stop, but you continue to imply that BSF has connections with Taleyarkhan and sonofusion. Why?

I did not imply there are “connections” between you and Taleyarkhan. I implied that the general concept of attaining fusion through Bubble Sonoluminescence has been tried before, and failed. I understand that your approach to this is very different. But you do have an uphill battle since much of the science has not been proven yet.

You seem to be WAY more worried about your patent being distinct, than the science being valid. All I am saying is that you need a lot more work and you NEED to get published. Until then, it is the same general concept that has been discredited.