willit wrote: maybe it should be tested to get to Q>1 before bickering about materials science. there are a lot of engineers out there that would fight to be on the project once this milestone is met.
run it till it breaks then make that part stronger. repeat.:cheese:
Just sharing information from experience. Q>1 is not required to burn up anodes, tax switches or improve pulse power. Some plasma focus operators don’t aspire to Q>1 but we are working on these problems for other applications. Why not design around a problem before you have it?
