Thermonuclear Reaction as the Main Source of the Earth’s Energy

Abstract

The article shows that neither radioactive decay of long-lived radioactive isotopes nor the Earth’s “primordial” heat supply can explain a huge energy formed in the Earth’s core. A hypothesis is introduced that the main source of Earth’s energy is the thermonuclear reactions in the solid inner Earth’s core which consist of hydrides of irons and other metals.

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E. Terez and I. Terez, "Thermonuclear Reaction as the Main Source of the Earth’s Energy," International Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 3 No. 3, 2013, pp. 362-365. doi: 10.4236/ijaa.2013.33040.

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