[extropy-chat] Energy & Global Warming [was: Partisans and EP]

[spike]

> bounces at lists.extropy.org] On Behalf Of Anders Sandberg
> Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Energy & Global Warming [was: Partisans and
> EP]
> 
> 
> spike wrote:
> > Cool calculation Anders!  The neutrons that are captured hafta be much
> > lower energy than MeV if I understand the process correctly.
> 
> Yes, I just checked up the physics. They have to be thermalized by several
> bounces down to 0.025 eV, which produces a speed of 2.2 km/s. At that
> speed they have a big cross-section. Still, the speed is three orders of
> magnitude larger than the movement of the nuclei, so I see no problem with
> sloshy targets...

Ja, a fraction of an eV is what I recalled, altho my recollections from
physics lectures are... very old now, my young friend.  {8^D  Sloshy targets
are fine, I agree, but in Pu solution makes the ions too rarified to get
very many captures in our lifetimes.  Solutions are another three orders of
magnitude more rarified than a liquid metal, if my vague recollections of
typical solubility of heavy metal salts are any better than my physics
memory.

 
> > And those comments about Israel being wiped off the map probably don't
> > help.
> 
> But see it from the bright side: GWB is no longer the worst diplomat on
> the map!   --Anders Sandberg


Waaaaaaahahahahahahahaaaaa!  Thanks Anders, this makes my day.  {8-]  spike