What confinement does the Farnsworth Fusor employ?
Physical confinement
Magnetic confinement
Inertial electrostatic confinement
Gravitational confinement
Answer
The Farnsworth Fusor utilizes inertial electrostatic confinement, a technique that employs strong electric fields to confine charged particles. Unlike traditional fusion devices that rely on immense pressure, the Fusor uses a compact, spherical vacuum chamber where high-energy ions are electrostatically accelerated and collide to achieve fusion reactions.
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