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Old 11-25-2007, 06:26 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by jowey View Post
Yes, the planets with magnetic fields have a liquid metallic cores that create the magnetic fields.

I was curious about the static electric field because of the observations of the magnetic fields breaking and collapsing - could that phenomenon occur with a static electric field ?
It has to be from moving charges [current].

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Another musing was with Nuclear Fusion, brought about by Robert Bussard's Polywell concept http://www.strout.net/info/science/polywell/ could an electrical discharge occur through a magnetic field ? What would the effect of the magnetic field be on the discharge and the field surrounding the discharge ? Could the discharge through the appropriate material result in fusion ?

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Actually, his approach of suspending material in a magnetic field isn't unique. The fusion lab at Los Alimos, I believe, does that to a degree. But the thing with using any energy form involved only how much. The only shortcuts are finding matching frequencies, even if through the use of sound.
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