High in sodium: Highly charged tungsten ions may diagnose fusion energy reactors
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 12:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Just as health-food manufacturers work on developing the best possible sodium substitutes for low-salt diets, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have acquired new knowledge on a promising sodium alternative of their own. Sodium-like tungsten ions could pepper - and conveniently monitor - the hot plasma soup inside fusion energy devices, potential sources of abundant, clean power...