US PATENT SUBCLASS 376 / 102
.~ Inertial confinement (e.g., nuclear explosive)

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376 /   HD   INDUCED NUCLEAR REACTIONS: PROCESSES, SYSTEMS, AND ELEMENTS

100  DF  NUCLEAR FUSION {11}
102.~ Inertial confinement (e.g., nuclear explosive) {2}
103  DF  .~.~> Photon beam (e.g., laser) irradiation {1}
105  DF  .~.~> Particle beam irradiation (excluding photons) {1}

DEFINITION

Classification: 376/102

Inertial confinement (e.g., nuclear explosive):

(under subclass 100) Subject matter wherein the reacting nuclei are contained in a fuel body and the disassembly of the body is prevented or retarded for a predetermined time by mass forces within the body, said nuclei being caused to react by the application of external or internal sources of energy.

(1) Note. The above mass forces includes but is not restricted to the mass of outer layer.

(2) Note. Nuclear explosives are included in this and indented subclasses. The nuclear explosive may include a chemical explosive to aid in causing the nuclei to react.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

151+, for fuel bodies of this subclass type, per se.