FUSOR - A NUCLEAR FUSION DEVICE DESIGNED ORIGINALLY BY PHILO T. FARNSWORTH
IECF - INERTIAL ELECTROSTATIC CONFINEMENT FUSION
FUSION - THE PROCESS OF COMBINING TWO ATOMS BY MEANS OF HIGH ENERGY COLLISIONS*
D2 (DEUTERIUM) - AN ISOTOPE OF HYDROGEN, MOST COMMON FUSOR FUEL
TRITIUM - ANOTHER ISOTOPE OF HYDROGEN THAT IS RADIOACTIVE AND RESULTS IN MORE POWERFUL FUSION
ROUGHING PUMP - FIRST STAGE EVACUATION PUMP THIS USUALLY NEEDS TO REACH BELOW 200MTORR FOR MOST 2ND STAGE PUMPS
DIFFUSION PUMP - PUMP THAT OPERATES ON OIL JETS, THIS IS THE MOST COMMON FUSOR PUMP AS IT IS CHEAP AND RELIABLE
TURBO (TURBO-MOLECULAR) PUMP - VERY EXPENSIVE HIGH PRECISION PUMP FOR WHEN OIL BACKSTREAMING CANNOT BE TOLERATED
MTORR - SAME AS MICRONS OR MILLITOR
CF (CONFLAT) - THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF HIGH VACUUM FLANGE CONNECTION FOR FUSORS
KF (QUIKFLANGE) - ANOTHER TYPE OF FLANGE SYSTEM USED ON SOME FUSORS
ISO - A FLANGE SYSTEM OFTEN USED FOR LARGER FLANGES
BACKSTREAMING - WHEN UNWANTED OIL STREAMS INTO THE CHAMBER AGAINST THE DIRECTION OF VACUUM SUCTION
POISSOR - THE CONCENTRATED CENTER OF PLASMA IN THE GRID
GRID - THE CENTRAL ACCELERATION CORE OF THE DEVICE
ION GUN - A MECHANISM USED TO AID IN THE IONIZATION PROCESS ALLOWING LOWER PRESSURE AND MORE STABLE OPERATION
MOT - MICROWAVE OVEN TRANSFORMER
VARIAC - VARIABLE AUTO TRANSFORMER, A TRANSFORMER THAT TRANSFORMS VOLTAGES ON ITSELF
(HE3) PROPORTIONAL COUNTER - THE HIGHEST PERFORMANCE NEUTRON DETECTOR BUT ALSO THE MOST EXPENSIVE
MODERATOR - USUALLY HDPE, LDPE, WATER, OR PARAFFIN THIS IS USED IN SLOWING DOWN NEUTRONS SO THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THE DETECTOR OR MATERIAL BEING USED FOR ACTIVATION
SCINTILLATION DETECTOR - A DETECTOR (OFTEN CRYSTALLINE) THAT EMITS LIGHT WHEN NEUTRONS PASS THROUGH
*quantum tunneling is actually required for fusion to take place
IECF - INERTIAL ELECTROSTATIC CONFINEMENT FUSION
FUSION - THE PROCESS OF COMBINING TWO ATOMS BY MEANS OF HIGH ENERGY COLLISIONS*
D2 (DEUTERIUM) - AN ISOTOPE OF HYDROGEN, MOST COMMON FUSOR FUEL
TRITIUM - ANOTHER ISOTOPE OF HYDROGEN THAT IS RADIOACTIVE AND RESULTS IN MORE POWERFUL FUSION
ROUGHING PUMP - FIRST STAGE EVACUATION PUMP THIS USUALLY NEEDS TO REACH BELOW 200MTORR FOR MOST 2ND STAGE PUMPS
DIFFUSION PUMP - PUMP THAT OPERATES ON OIL JETS, THIS IS THE MOST COMMON FUSOR PUMP AS IT IS CHEAP AND RELIABLE
TURBO (TURBO-MOLECULAR) PUMP - VERY EXPENSIVE HIGH PRECISION PUMP FOR WHEN OIL BACKSTREAMING CANNOT BE TOLERATED
MTORR - SAME AS MICRONS OR MILLITOR
CF (CONFLAT) - THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF HIGH VACUUM FLANGE CONNECTION FOR FUSORS
KF (QUIKFLANGE) - ANOTHER TYPE OF FLANGE SYSTEM USED ON SOME FUSORS
ISO - A FLANGE SYSTEM OFTEN USED FOR LARGER FLANGES
BACKSTREAMING - WHEN UNWANTED OIL STREAMS INTO THE CHAMBER AGAINST THE DIRECTION OF VACUUM SUCTION
POISSOR - THE CONCENTRATED CENTER OF PLASMA IN THE GRID
GRID - THE CENTRAL ACCELERATION CORE OF THE DEVICE
ION GUN - A MECHANISM USED TO AID IN THE IONIZATION PROCESS ALLOWING LOWER PRESSURE AND MORE STABLE OPERATION
MOT - MICROWAVE OVEN TRANSFORMER
VARIAC - VARIABLE AUTO TRANSFORMER, A TRANSFORMER THAT TRANSFORMS VOLTAGES ON ITSELF
(HE3) PROPORTIONAL COUNTER - THE HIGHEST PERFORMANCE NEUTRON DETECTOR BUT ALSO THE MOST EXPENSIVE
MODERATOR - USUALLY HDPE, LDPE, WATER, OR PARAFFIN THIS IS USED IN SLOWING DOWN NEUTRONS SO THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THE DETECTOR OR MATERIAL BEING USED FOR ACTIVATION
SCINTILLATION DETECTOR - A DETECTOR (OFTEN CRYSTALLINE) THAT EMITS LIGHT WHEN NEUTRONS PASS THROUGH
*quantum tunneling is actually required for fusion to take place