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Lithium the key to quicker fusion

Experimental fusion can be made more efficient by coating reactor walls with lithium, scientist have found.

The lithium coating allows plasma – a hot gas involved in the fusion process – to be more readily contained.

This development will aid the construction of smaller, more efficient and cheaper reactors.

Read more at American Physical Society

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