m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square187fedilinkarrow-up1198arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: futurology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1194arrow-down1external-linkNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.comm3t00🌎@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square187fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: futurology@lemmy.ml
minus-squareShepherdPie@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoHow are they even containing that heat as this is obviously warm enough to melt everything in existence (as far as I know)?
minus-squarebort@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-26 months 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)?
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.