@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoNuclear fusion reaction releases almost twice the energy put inwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square376fedilinkarrow-up1662cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareFat Tonylinkfedilink8•2 years agoI thought because of the law of conservation of energy you couldn’t get more energy out of something you put in.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink14•2 years agoYou can think of the material being fused as fuel. More energy is produced by burning the fuel than in the spark it took to ignite it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThat doesn’t include the change in mass tho
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•2 years agoI’m getting troll vibes, but I’ll bite lol. Fusion reactions are the exception since you’re turning some mass into energy according to: E = mc^2 There’s many quality videos on YouTube that can provide a better explanation than I ever could.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink19•2 years agoThey’re not an exception to conservation of energy, it’s just that matter is energy in another form. Fusion reactors just harness that energy.
I thought because of the law of conservation of energy you couldn’t get more energy out of something you put in.
You can think of the material being fused as fuel. More energy is produced by burning the fuel than in the spark it took to ignite it.
That doesn’t include the change in mass tho
I’m getting troll vibes, but I’ll bite lol. Fusion reactions are the exception since you’re turning some mass into energy according to:
E = mc^2
There’s many quality videos on YouTube that can provide a better explanation than I ever could.
They’re not an exception to conservation of energy, it’s just that matter is energy in another form. Fusion reactors just harness that energy.
True, thanks for the clarification!
No worries 👍