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Old 12-08-2017, 09:33 AM   #28
Fred Brackin
 
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Default Re: [Spaceships] Mass-driver realism

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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl View Post
Fusion caused by metallic hydrogen compression, inertial compression, magnetic compression, etc is not generally considered thermonuclear because it does not involve a fission explosion.
I'd say that it was a nuclear reaction initiated by heat. There's your "thermo" and your "nuclear" right there. :)

To my understanding "thermonuclear" exists to distinguish reactions caused by heat from those initiated by neutrons.
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