48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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    53 months ago

    How are they even containing that heat as this is obviously warm enough to melt everything in existence (as far as I know)?

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      vacuum for isolation. Magnets, so the plasma stays in the middle and won’t touch the walls. Microwaves to heat it up from the outside.

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      ELI5 would be huge magnets. If there is something that melts everything humanity ever created and knows of, keep it away from everything. But it is a real problem, instability in the plasma leads to the need for better materials.

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        23 months ago

        vacuum for isolation. Magnets, so the plasma stays in the middle and won’t touch the walls. Microwaves to heat it up.