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New measurement of diamond phase change could mean increased ICF energy gain
Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have measured how diamond melts under extreme pressures, resolving a long-standing discrepancy between experiment and theory. In inertial confinement fusion experiments, where a diamond capsule is used to hold fuel, this refined understanding of diamond’s phase change has the potential to triple energy gain, provided that other degradation mechanisms can be controlled.
G. S. Khandelwal, W. M. Pritchard, J. J. Singh
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 60 | Number 4 | August 1976 | Pages 481-482
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE76-A26910
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A procedure is described for calculating approximate photoneutron yields from thick beryllium targets exposed to the x radiation produced in thick tungsten targets bombarded with 2- → 8-MeV electrons. It is based on empirical relations developed for predicting the average thick tungsten target radiation yield and the average beryllium photoneutron cross section for the selected incident electron energy.