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DeAndre

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There is no single "fusion reaction".

There is possible thousands different combinations.

So there is no single answer to your question.

 

The most common fusion reactions are:

 

1) fusion of proton-proton

[math]p^+ + p^+ \rightarrow D^+ + e^+ + v_e + 0.42 MeV[/math]

[math]e^- + e^+ \rightarrow \gamma + \gamma + 1.022 MeV[/math]

(everywhere available Hydrogen)

 

2) fusion of proton-deuterium

[math]p^+ + D^+ \rightarrow ^3_2He + \gamma + 5.49 MeV[/math]

(hard to get fuel)

 

3) fusion of tritium-deuterium

[math]T^+ + D^+ \rightarrow ^4_2He + n^0 + 17.6 MeV[/math]

(extremely hard to get fuel Tritium produced by f.e. nuclear plants or splitting of Lithium-6 and Lithium-7)

 

Magnetic field is typically created by superconductors,superconducting electromagnets.

 

Creation of electromagnet/magnet, is not enough. There is also needed electricity to ionize fuel inside.

 

According to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconducting_magnet

ITER fusion reactor use 46 kA and produce a field of 13.5 teslas.

Edited by Sensei
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