Some criteria for a power producing thermonuclear reactor

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• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermal emission → Light2/4 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Alkali-metal thermal-to-electric conversion → Ionic current → Electrical work1/5 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Ionic thermoelectric effect → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Marangoni effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work3/5 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermal shape-memory effect → Mechanical motion → Mechanical work3/5 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermochemical redox cycle → Chemical fuel (H₂, CO, syngas) → Chemical fuel3/5 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermopolarization effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work1/5 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermopolarization effect → Separated surface charge → Electrical work1/5 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Seebeck effect → Charge carriers → Electrical work3/5 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Heat conduction → Heat flow → Useful heat3/5 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermionic emission → Charge carriers → Electrical work3/5 established
• Nuclear binding-energy difference → Nuclear fusion → Temperature gradient → Thermogalvanic effect → Ionic current → Electrical work3/5 established

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Physical Transformation Atlas (2026). source source:lawson-1957: Some criteria for a power producing thermonuclear reactor. Dataset revision rbfbfcbb70e57 (hash of the canonical data). https://physical-transformation-atlas.wldud5192.workers.dev/source/lawson-1957

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