m3t00🌎M to [email protected]English • 1 year agoNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square259fedilinkarrow-up1837
arrow-up1837external-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 • 1 year agomessage-square259fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoHow are they even containing that heat as this is obviously warm enough to melt everything in existence (as far as I know)?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•1 year agoELI5 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•edit-21 year agovacuum for isolation. Magnets, so the plasma stays in the middle and won’t touch the walls. Microwaves to heat it up from the outside.
How are they even containing that heat as this is obviously warm enough to melt everything in existence (as far as I know)?
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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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.