Joseph Snipes, deputy head for Tokamak Experimental Science, is optimistic about the solid boron injection system based on experiments that demonstrated reduced tungsten sputtering after a solid ...

New experimental results suggest that sprinkling boron into a tokamak could shield the wall of the fusion vessel and prevent atoms from the wall from getting into the plasma. A new computer ...

Fortunately, nature has provided a chemical element, boron, which can be forced with some difficulty to improve on carbon’s performance. Boron has a high heat of combustion (25,000 B.T.U. per lb ...

Boron-based solid propellants have attracted considerable attention due to boron’s exceptional volumetric and gravimetric calorific values, which are critical for high-energy propulsion systems.

“Although pure boron nitride shows almost similar emissivity to glass, when you add a little amount of carbon into it, the emissivity lowers significantly ⎯ and this changes the game altogether,” said ...

A new coating for glass developed by Rice University researchers and collaborators could help reduce energy bills, especially during the cold season, by preventing heat-loss from leaky windows.

Stopping off-the-wall behavior in fusion reactors Boron could help the tungsten wall inside a tokamak keep its atoms to itself Date: October 7, 2024 ...