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• TITLE: Electrostatic Force of Repulsion Assists p-p Nuclear Fusion

  AUTHORS: Arunachalam Lakshmanan

  KEYWORDS: Nuclear Fusion, Cavitation, Sodium Metal Dissolution, Aquous Epsom Solution, Hydrogen Trapping, Spatial Confinement, Electrostatic Repulsion

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Modern Physics, Vol.2 No.6, June 30, 2011

  ABSTRACT: Trapping of hydrogen ions released during sodium metal dissolution in a dilute aqueous Epsom solution in cavitation induced nanocrystals could bring about an easy path to controlled nuclear fusion. This type of fusion envisioning has the advantage of keeping the two protons and the electrons in the same vicinity, bonded in the same unit throughout the fusion process unlike the case in Sun. The electrostatic repulsive force between protons which has been a stumbling block so far in achieving a controlled fusion is now turned in its favor by exploiting the fascinating properties of water.