m3t00🌎M to [email protected]English • 6 months agoNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.commessage-square236fedilinkarrow-up1827file-text
arrow-up1827external-linkNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.comm3t00🌎M to [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square236fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink29•6 months ago just think the conditions of stars/the sun Hotter than the sun. The sun has an enormous gravity pushing things along. To compensate we use more heat.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•6 months agoI thought we used magnetrons and such, and the excessive heat was due to current inefficiency and control of the fusion process in containing the heat and it building up higher and higher.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•6 months agoThe heat is needed so atoms collide enough to fuse without the high pressure inside a star. The trick is keeping the reaction going.
Hotter than the sun. The sun has an enormous gravity pushing things along. To compensate we use more heat.
I thought we used magnetrons and such, and the excessive heat was due to current inefficiency and control of the fusion process in containing the heat and it building up higher and higher.
The heat is needed so atoms collide enough to fuse without the high pressure inside a star. The trick is keeping the reaction going.