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Does POLO need pressure/heat for NEUT?

  • phox     27th Jul 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    I'm trying to make a ignitor for a DEUT/HYGN fusion rocket engine without using CRAY or PCLN. Does polonium react to pressure or heat like plutonium or uranium to decay into neutrons, also what can neutrons pass through, I know they can pass through ice and ceramic but is there anything else?

  • zaccybot2     27th Jul 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    No, POLO emits neutrons at any point, until it is grey.

    Neutrons pass through a lot of things, such as 

    • Glass
    • Water
    • Gold

    In terms of radioactive elements, NEUT passes through POLO, DEUT, PLUT, but not URAN.

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  • Ben_Ger     17th Aug 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    Using Polonium as a NEUT source is tricky.

    One way you can do it is by creating small containers of ceramic, which will stay cold enough for the Polonium to not melt.

    However, you need to cool it still.

  • suibian     18th Aug 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    @zaccybot2 (View Post)

     

    zaccybot2:

    No, POLO emits neutrons at any point, until it is grey.

     In my mod, it was not until contact with ELEC or POL2 that continue emits neutrons.

    Edited 3 times by suibian. Last: 18th Aug 2017
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