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Index Key:   ENG044
Author:      june hagberg
Subject:     Plasma walls for controlled fusion.
Is there a material, at present, that can facilitate a controlled fusion
reaction?  If so, what is this material and how readily available is it?

Response #:  1 of 1
Author:      david r munoz
Not really. So far I think the record for a sustained fusion reaction is
still less than a second.  This (I believe) was at the Princeton Tokamac
experiment.  The mixture of tritium deuterium is contained in a toroidal
magnetic field and is excited by some type of accelerator to fusion tempera-
tures.  You should probably ask the same question of the Physicists because
they are more likely the ones that keep up with this technology.