Why does controlled nuclear fusion have to use helium 3 on the moon? Who has the right to mine the m

Updated on science 2024-03-09
35 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    It is one thing to provide resources for space exploration, we need a lot of energy all the time, so we need more energy to produce the earth, life has found a cleaner and more efficient energy source for the long term, and gradually got rid of the currently limited and heavily polluted resources, such as various fossil fuels, so the country has no right to exploit, there are relevant regulations on this issue.

    Despite many challenges and difficulties, the future of the moon is sufficient to encourage private companies and space agencies from many countries to rush to the moon for mining. This raises two very important questions, who can mine the moon and what impact will lunar mining have on Earth, and if we can find a cost-effective way to harness helium-3 from the surface of the moon, transport it back to Earth, and then use it to generate energy through nuclear fusion, we can completely solve Earth's energy problem without producing radioactive by-products or greenhouse gas emissions.

    However, there is still a long way to go before the future. If humanity masters nuclear fusion and commercializes it in the next decade or two, the moon will be very active and will be a must-win place, which is why countries have always been interested in the moon. At that time, it was estimated that no one went to loot oil.

    Mining all the helium will not cause the moon to fall from the sky. Mining operations will not have a significant impact on the Moon. Even if the Moon loses 1 of its total mass, it will have no effect on its orbit and will not have an impact on the tides of the Earth's oceans, and we can rest assured.

    As for ownership, the 1967 United Nations Outer Space Treaty stipulates that no country can have ownership of any celestial body in outer space, mainly to prevent the United States from messing around during those years. However, the country is restricted, but private companies will not be prevented from using the moon as their own commercial property. At present, there are no regulations restricting the development of private companies, which is why the United States currently supports private companies.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    Because controlled nuclear fusion is to control the fission and fusion of the nucleus, a special substance helium-3 is required to achieve the control effect. NASA has the right to mine the moon.

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Because the helium 3 content in the lunar soil is very high, the right to mine the moon is shared by all mankind, and it cannot be monopolized by one country, but it must have the ability to exploit it.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    Nuclear fusion produces a large amount of nuclear waste, which can have a serious impact on the environment if not disposed of, but it is troublesome to dispose of this waste. Helium-3, on the other hand, is a clean raw material for nuclear fusion, but this resource is too scarce on Earth, on the contrary, it is abundant on the Moon.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    This is not the case, because lithium-6 can also be used in seawater, but helium-3 is rare on Earth, only on the moon, because helium-3 can be used directly as a raw material for controlled nuclear fusion, and the fusion reaction rate is high, in addition, the reaction neutron irradiation is low, which is the best raw material, but it is not available due to the extremely high cost of land-month transportation.

    Helium-3 can be used as a controlled nuclear fusion material and is the most important clean nuclear fusion material in the future. However, helium-3 has higher melting conditions than hydrogen or deuterium-tritium, and controlled nuclear fusion technology is a key research project for various countries. In the rotation of a tokamak device, the energy factor Q can be greater than 1 in output or input, but it is not yet commercially operational.

    The current materials for controlled nuclear fusion are the hydrogen isotopes deuterium and tritium, because the fusion conditions of deuterium and tritium nuclei are the lowest, and the energy released is also quite large.

    This reaction is carried out in a tokamak device, which requires hundreds of millions of degrees to take place, and the nuclear fusion of hydrogen also takes place inside the sun, but the internal pressure of the sun is as high as 300 billion atmospheres, so the reaction temperature only needs to be 10 million degrees. Among them, nuclear protons are easily shielded, and the reaction is not generated by neutrons and high-energy rays, and there will be no nuclear radiation. As a result, helium-3 is also considered the most desirable clean nuclear energy for the future.

    However, the reaction temperature of helium-3 is higher and the conditions are harsher, and the current controllable nuclear fusion research is still conquering the fusion technology of hydrogen, In addition, the content of helium-3 on the earth is too small, the total amount of helium-3 that can be developed in the world is about half a ton, and the purification cost is high, and according to the degree of ease of implementation, deuterium fusion is the simplest, so it is the preferred method for controlled fusion research.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    In fact, today's controlled nuclear fusion uses deuterium and tritium as raw materials and uses magnetic confinement reactors to carry out fusion reactions. But helium III is an ideal material for controlled nuclear fusion, releasing enormous amounts of energy without neutron contamination.

  7. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Controlled nuclear fusion must use helium-3 as raw material, because helium-3 is relatively stable and easy to cause fusion, which is the most important substance for controllable nuclear fusion!

  8. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Controlled nuclear fusion is the energy source that mankind dreams of, but in addition to helium, trideuterium and tritium are relatively easy to achieve nuclear fusion, and the energy required for helium to achieve fusion will be much higher.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    Yes, controlled nuclear fusion must be made with helium-3 as a raw material. Because helium-3 can produce qualitative changes in it to control the production of nuclear fusion.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    No, lithium 6 can also be used in seawater, helium 3 is very rare on the earth, only on the moon, and it can be directly used as a material for controlled nuclear fusion, and the fusion reaction rate is very high, which is the best material.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    So far, helium three is the most reliable raw material known, it reflects low neutron radiation and high reaction rate, but because it can only be collected by the moon, the cost is quite high.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    It is the raw material for light nuclear fusion.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    It is an indisputable fact that helium-3 is present in large quantities on the moon, so how is helium-3 formed? Helium-3, in fact, is the isotope gas of helium, helium abounds in the universe, because the surface of the moon is close to the cosmic vacuum environment, coupled with the blowing of the solar wind, blowing for billions of years, the helium-3 produced by stars accumulates on the surface of the moon like dust.

    At present, it is calculated that the helium-3 on the moon may be more than 1 million tons, and the reserves are quite amazing, if helium-3 is used for nuclear fusion, then it can greatly reduce the demand for fossil fuels, and at the same time, 40 tons of helium-3 can be used by Americans for a year, and 100 tons of helium-3 can provide energy for the whole world for a year, which is quite an amazing energy source.

    If the Moon had an atmosphere, then there wouldn't be so much helium-3, and in the same way, since the Earth has an atmosphere, the helium-3 carried by the solar wind wouldn't fall to the Earth's surface like dust. This is determined by the surface environment of the Moon, which can become a gathering site for material after the solar wind blows.

    On the Moon, there is a highly efficient energy source helium-3, according to the results of exploration, there are more than 1 million tons of helium-3 on the Moon, if used well, the future is immeasurable. At the same time, there are other resources in the solar system, such as Titan, where there are large oceans of methane, which are estimated to contain more methane than there is on Earth.

    Helium-3 on the Moon is just one of many resources, many of which abound in space and are very scarce on Earth. It can be seen that human exploration of space will not lead to the exhaustion of the earth's resources, but is an important way to solve this problem.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-24

    Which socks buried in the silver planet are rich in nuclear fusion plaintiff feast helium-3? ()a.Moon. b.Ground liquid shouting ball.

    c.Mars. d.Jupiter.

    Correct Answer: a

  15. Anonymous users2024-01-23

    Although helium-3 is the legendary nuclear polymerization material, it is extremely rare on the earth, and even the entire earth can only be purified by half a ton, which is rarer than most substances in the world! But the Moon is relatively rich, of course, not only on the Moon, but also on Mercury! Anything that has no atmosphere will have it, but the closer it is to the Sun, the higher the concentration of its precipitation!

    Among the rocky bodies of the solar system, only Mercury, which is similar to the Moon, has a large amount of helium-three! This is all thanks to their almost non-existent atmosphere, which can even be described as a high vacuum! This allows the solar wind to drive straight in.

    By the way, the Helium 3 of the Moon and Mercury both come from the Sun!

    It is here that nuclear fusion takes place in the core region of the 1 4 radius of the Sun, including, of course, the fusion of the deuterium nucleus and the deuterium nucleus, which combine to form helium-3! And helium-3 will continue to fuse into more stable helium-4, but some helium-3 will gradually rise to the surface of the sun with convection, and finally with the violent solar activity of the solar wind is sprinkled into space, the sun does not favor the major planets, but the planet's magnetic field and atmosphere prevent helium-3 from falling to the surface of the planet!

    You might think that the Moon has too little to do with the helium-3 sent by the solar wind and evenly distributed every inch of space on the celestial sphere around the Sun. In fact, there are not much, and the amount of helium-3 on the moon is only about 700,000 tons, which is only enough for the earth to use for thousands of years!

    So helium III on Earth comes from? Isn't it blocked by the atmosphere and magnetic fields? Helium 3 on Earth is basically made of tritium nuclei (super heavy hydrogen) through decay, but there is very little tritium on Earth, you can imagine how precious Helium 3 is!

    But don't think that moving helium-three from the moon is enough......It's still early, and our human nuclear fusion roadmap is still at the beginning of writing the eight characters!

    We are wandering outside the door of the first generation, not knowing when we will get to the third generation! Helium three is a big cake, but it is only painted in the sky, and we can see it but we can't eat ......it

  16. Anonymous users2024-01-22

    Helium-3 is a clean raw material for nuclear fusion, why is there so little on Earth and so much on the Moon? The flower planter on the road of the stars and the sea Baijia No. 01-2821:25 Although helium-3 is the legendary nuclear polymer material,

  17. Anonymous users2024-01-21

    Because the composition of the atmosphere in space is very different from that on Earth.

  18. Anonymous users2024-01-20

    Because the geological structure of the Earth and the Moon is different.

  19. Anonymous users2024-01-19

    It is possible that the Moon itself contains more than the Earth.

  20. Anonymous users2024-01-18

    Because the structure of the Earth and the Moon is different.

  21. Anonymous users2024-01-17

    Because the structure of the Earth and the Moon is not the same in all aspects.

  22. Anonymous users2024-01-16

    It is possible that it is easier to produce on the moon.

  23. Anonymous users2024-01-15

    Because the composition of the atmosphere is different.

  24. Anonymous users2024-01-14

    Helium-3 is a clean raw material for nuclear fusion, and there are certainly few of them on Earth.

  25. Anonymous users2024-01-13

    No country can have ownership of any celestial body in outer space, and the nuclear fuel helium-3, which can be used as an energy source, is a huge advantage.

  26. Anonymous users2024-01-12

    If we want to use helium as a fuel for nuclear fusion, we need helium's isotope helium-3, which has one less neutron nucleus than "normal" helium. At extremely high temperatures and pressures, fusing two of these atoms together, or fusing helium-3 atoms with deuterium atoms, an isotope of hydrogen, releases enormous amounts of energy. In fact, nuclear fusion is the energy of the sun and other stars**, which produces much more energy than any technology available on Earth!

    As for the future mining rights of the moon, it depends on the future development.

  27. Anonymous users2024-01-11

    In the future, the countries that have the right to mine the moon are the countries that have successfully explored the moon, because these countries are already ahead of the country, and the controlled nuclear fusion must use helium-3 on the moon, because helium-3 fusion will not release neutrons and is relatively safe.

  28. Anonymous users2024-01-10

    That's because we've been looking for alternative energy sources in the Moon, and this energy source should be endless, and we explored the Moon, and we found it on the surface of the Moon, and of course, this one requires the efforts of our scientists to be able to extract this energy source.

  29. Anonymous users2024-01-09

    If helium is to be used as a fuel for nuclear fusion, helium-3, the isotope of helium, is required. Advantages of helium-3: Fusion does not release neutrons, and there are no other radioactive by-products to deal with.

  30. Anonymous users2024-01-08

    Helium-3 on the Moon has its advantages, it does not release neutrons and has less radioactive waste to dispose of. This is a manifestation of the value of the moon. Of course, humans are exploring the moon not just for helium-3.

  31. Anonymous users2024-01-07

    According to scientists' research, controlled nuclear fusion itself is related to helium, and we have now successfully landed on the moon, through the study of the moon, it will be found that helium-3 on the moon has an effect on controlled nuclear fusion.

  32. Anonymous users2024-01-06

    Because it has been found that helium-3 on the moon is a very safe substance for nuclear fusion, scientists have studied helium-3 and hope to discover more of this substance in the future.

  33. Anonymous users2024-01-05

    Controlled nuclear fusion is only a theoretical technology at present, and it seems that it is the most suitable raw material for the current inference. It's also an unprecedented advantage.

  34. Anonymous users2024-01-04

    There are two types of controlled nuclear fusion, thermonuclear fusion and cold nuclear fusion. Thermonuclear fusion requires deuterium-tritium or deuterium-3, tritium is not found in nature, and it needs to be synthesized artificially, so hope is placed on helium-3. Cold nuclear fusion, on the other hand, is the nucleation of electrons and then fusion, which is a universal fusion method.

    Cold nuclear fusion is a physical phenomenon that has only been discovered in recent years, and it is considered impossible because it violates traditional theories and is not accepted. Light pulse freezing fusion was born out of a new theory, so the world did not know that there was no such thing as cold nuclear fusion. Under the new technology, helium-3 is considered to have no mining value, so it is not needed.

  35. Anonymous users2024-01-03

    Clean fuel is fuel that does not produce harmful substances after combustion.

    On Earth, burning wood, coal, oil, etc., will produce carbon dioxide, etc., which will cause the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere to rise, causing the greenhouse effect, so these fuels are not clean fuels. Today's nuclear power plants use nuclear fission materials, such as uranium-235, which produce nuclear radiation, radioactive nuclear waste that is difficult to dispose of, and is not a clean fuel.

    At present, the clean energy used by human beings includes solar energy, hydropower, wind energy, ocean energy, etc., but the total amount is not large and cannot meet human needs.

    Hydrogen fusion is much cleaner than other fuels, but it still produces neutrons and other radiation, which is not the most "clean". The use of helium-3 for nuclear fusion, which produces no other substances, is the cleanest fuel. Based on the world's current energy needs, 100 tons of helium-3 can meet the world's energy needs.

    Helium-3** is a thermonuclear fusion on the Sun, and the solar wind carries Helium-3 to spread around. Since the Moon has no atmosphere, helium-3 can reach the surface of the Moon, so it becomes a good helium-3 "collector" and is stored in the Moon's soil. For more than 4.5 billion years since the birth of the moon, helium-3 has been collected.

    Therefore, there is a large amount of helium-3 on the surface of the moon, with an estimated reserve of 1 million tons.

    Of course, helium-3 in lunar soil will also escape into space, so helium-3 in lunar soil always maintains a certain amount. If helium-3 is extracted from the lunar soil, after a period of time, helium-3 will accumulate in the lunar soil and can continue to be extracted.

    The earth has a magnetic field and atmosphere, and helium-3 from the sun cannot reach the ground due to the deflection of the earth's magnetic field and the blockage of the atmosphere, so there is only a very small amount of helium-3 on the earth, which cannot be extracted and utilized.

    Mining helium-3 on the moon is not an easy task.

    First, the extraction of helium-3 is difficult. First of all, it is necessary to build a long-term habitable, functional, and basically self-sustaining lunar base, and then send people to be on duty for a long time, and mine and refine helium-3 by heating the lunar soil and then collecting compressed gas. These technologies are not currently available.

    Second, the technology for nuclear fusion reactions has not yet been developed, and there is no demand for such a safe nuclear fuel.

    Third, fusion reactors currently under development use tritium and deuterium as fusion material. The content of deuterium on the earth is very abundant, enough for human beings to use the destruction of the earth, according to the current energy consumption, enough to use for tens of billions of years. Lithium reserves for the production of tritium are also abundant.

    Although such nuclear fusion reactors produce large amounts of nuclear radiation, it is also safe to take precautions.

    Fourth, the amount of money needed is too great. It is estimated that it will cost $250.3 trillion to complete the project and will take 30 to 40 years.

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