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I've found a suitable vacuum pump for only $500! But there's only one left and I don't know how long it will last.
It goes down to 1e-4 torr and is priced WAY lower than similar products.
Any unused donations will be returned promptly

@cheifbanidt: I actually don't see that anywhere on the page, that's why I asked the question. Sometimes I do see it though on other threads, and sometimes I don't see an option for it.

[quote=Oyster]
Hey Pootz.

I would love to like the page for you, but there I don't see any "like this page" option.[/quote]

If you go to the page right under the title it says "Share this ribbon page" And right under that you can tweet, like, share or email it to anyone

Thank you

[quote=ItzPootz]@cheifbanidt: Well, I'd [b]only[/b] contribute [b]20 dollars at most[/b].[/quote]
Hey Pootz.

@cheifbanidt: I would love to like the page for you, but there I don't see any "like this page" option.

Come on guys
If you can't donate anything could you please like the page? It helps bring mine up to the front so more people will see it.

Thanks so much

[quote=ItzPootz]@cheifbanidt: Well, I'd only contribute 20 dollars at most. I advise you post it here in the topic and any other advertisements you've made; so you can hit more than one person at a time. I'm assuming you're aiming for some kind of Farnsworth-Hirsch fusor apparatus from the picture you've used; but I'm sure everyone(e.g. myself) is more interested in how you plan on generating power with it.[/quote]

Well for the time being and the budget/time frame we currently have I'm not sure if we'll be able to make it actually power something by deadline in 5 months.
But basically this is what happens:

On the inside of the fusion chamber is a vacuum pulled down to between 1-10microns (or better) using a vacuum pump. At that point we introduce the Deuterium (D2, hydrogen with a neutron attached to it) gas into it until it occupies around 90% of the chamber's volume. Then we turn the power on, which will be about 45kv and 20mA (enough to kill you instantly) that will be fed through a vacuum feedthrough into the chamber to charge two grids.
The outer spherical grid will be positively charged and will rip off the deuterium's electrons. This ionizes the D2 molecule giving it a positive charge and will then accelerate towards the center, negatively charged grid into a focal point where the fusion will occur with one of three possible reactions.
1. D2 + D2 ---> Tritium(Hydrogen with TWO extra neutrons) and an energetic proton
2. D2 + D2 ---> Helium-3 (Helium missing a neutron) and an energetic neutron
3. Tritium + D2 ---> He-4 (natural helium) plus an energetic neutron.

The electrons that get ripped off will de-cellerate and produce a lot of dangerous x-rays. Normally, the steel shell containing the fusor would be able to shield the outside world from the x-rays if you operate under 25kV. Once you pass about 45kV you'd need additional lead shielding to stop the x-rays from harming anyone in the immediate vicinity.

In order to have it actually create energy will require another few thousand dollars and a lot more parts.
We would need 2 more chambers to contain a lithium isotope that will absorb the energetic neutrons to create stable Lithium + heat. The heat will transfer through a highly heat-conductive metal to the 2nd chamber filled with water which will turn to steam and be used to power a turbine system. Once passed the turbine system it would then be condensed in a cooling unit and recycled back into the water reservoir to be used again.

That's a little unorganized but that's basically what we're going to be doing.

TLDR: Deuterium + electricity -> ionized deuterium -> accelerates towards center focal point -> fuses -> Creates neutrons -> transfers energy to a lithium isotope -> heats water -> spins turbines -> repeat

PHEW..

Edit: @RisingRain

Actually, when you get quite down to it, the mechanics behind it is not very hard once you understand the concepts behind it. There aren't really any "guides" online that show you how to do it so you have to know how to Macgyver things and be very intuitive.
Small scale fusion like this will in no possible way produce as much energy as it uses BUT if we can figure out how to do this right it can in turn start continuous fusion (even if the voltage is turned off) for 30 more seconds to a minute.
We are going to use this to study and report neutron bombardment/ x-ray bombardment and anything else we can think of along the way

The idea is well-intentioned, but I just think you guys are in a bit over your heads.
Mad props if you can get the idea to anything conclusive.

Try Kickstarter

[quote=ItzPootz]I'd gladly donate if you can provide a paper detailing the experiment. Schematics? Materials? By what equations are you hypothesizing a successful experiment?

Your page is just asking for money and telling us the name of the project. If you want to attract investors you're going to need to do better.[/quote]

I'm aware of that, but I am unable to post a whole lot on that particular website and have not been able to set up a blog yet since we just formed our team a week ago.

I can send you a detailed description of how this will work and once I can get my scanner working would you like me to send you a scan of the drawing?