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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Sri International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Paul Schwoebel, Bosque Farms, NM (US);
Assignee:
SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 6/00 (2006.01); H05H 3/06 (2006.01); H01J 33/02 (2006.01); H05H 1/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05H 3/06 (2013.01); H01J 33/02 (2013.01); H05H 1/52 (2013.01); H05H 6/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides methods and apparatus for extracting ions, and further for producing neutrons from the extracted ions. In an aspect, there is provided a method for extracting ions involving the following step: in a vacuum chamber applying voltages to a spark gap between two electrodes comprising coatings of a hydrocarbon, each voltage sufficient to trigger a spark discharge in the gap sufficient to dissociate the hydrocarbon and extract therefrom hydrogen ions, wherein the hydrocarbon is a nonvolatile liquid sufficiently non-viscous to flow and re-coat holes in the coatings between each spark discharge.