JonesBeene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> It would be almost impossible to be sure that the amount of gas was > constant since the pressure varies during operation and small leaks are > inevitable. > Nope. There are no measurable leaks. When there is no reactant in the cell and it is pressurized at some low level, around 1000 Pa, you can leave it for weeks and it does not gain more than a few Pascals. When there is reactant, the pressure may decline by 10 or more Pascals per day as it absorbs gas. Sometimes pressure increases as gas escapes from the reactant. > If fusion of D into He is your choice - then one gram of deuterium yields > 10^12 J (terajoules) of energy, so if there is a milligram in the reactor, > it could generate about 278 kWhr but the internal pressure would need to be > maintained, so that makes it difficult to quantify rate of consumption. > The only way to detect this would be with a mass spectrometer. - Jed
