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Building a fusion reactor (part 6): Fusor Mark 1 assembly

Preliminary Tests IEC conductivity tests In putting all the components together, we step-by-step tested multiple components in...

Building a fusion reactor (part 5): transformer arc test

The first major step in creating our high voltage system was making sure our transformer was working safely. To do this, we decided to...

Building a fusion reactor (part 4): Inertial confinement chamber

Constructing the Inertial Confinement Chamber (IEC) proved to be much more difficult than expected. The IEC essentially works as a cage....

Building a Fusion Reactor (Part 3): Improving the Vacuum Chamber

To test where potential leak sites are and improve our vacuum pressure of 27.5inHg, we used the "Soapy Water Leak Test". This test works...

Building a Fusion Reactor (Part 2): Building a Vacuum System

After the preliminary research from the first article, we created our Vacuum Chamber 1.0 on December 15, 2023, at Walter Payton College...

Building a Fusion Reactor (Part 1): The Beginning

Introduction I’ve wanted to create a desktop nuclear fusion reactor, specifically the Farnsworth Fusor, ever since Freshman year when I...

Relativistic time dilation

ABSTRACT In this paper, I will demonstrate how the two postulates of Einstein’s special relativity can be used to illustrate the...

Gravitational Waves

Many sci-fi movies feature reality-warping, where some fantastical device or ability allows one to bend the space around them. And while...

The Ship of Theseus: A Thought Paradox

Who am I? What defines me? The Ship of Theseus is a thought paradox that caught many philosophers' attention. This article focuses on some.

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