China's 'artificial sun' set a new world record on Thursday by running for 1056 seconds at high plasma temperature, the longest duration for an experimental advanced superconducting tokamak (EAST) fusion energy reactor, Xinhua News Agency reported.
The Chinese scientists put a bunch of deuterium (an isotope of Hydrogen that has extra neutrons) in a vacuum tube with lasers and stuff, turn it on, and smush the hydrogens together to make helium and such. This produces a tremendous amount of heat and energy, and is what the sun does for power. They managed to sustain this for over 1000 seconds, shattering the previous record of 100 seconds set by the same scientists and machines last May. They also got it to a temperature several times higher than the sun.
I believe that there is a net positive energy produced, but the tech to actually harness enough of that energy to yield a net positive doesn't exist yet
The Chinese scientists put a bunch of deuterium (an isotope of Hydrogen that has extra neutrons) in a vacuum tube with lasers and stuff, turn it on, and smush the hydrogens together to make helium and such. This produces a tremendous amount of heat and energy, and is what the sun does for power. They managed to sustain this for over 1000 seconds, shattering the previous record of 100 seconds set by the same scientists and machines last May. They also got it to a temperature several times higher than the sun.
How much energy is produced even in this short time frame lol
Like is it a net positive to the amount of energy put into it already?
Containing and using the energy of 1000 seconds of 100million or so degrees seems like a lot of power
I believe that there is a net positive energy produced, but the tech to actually harness enough of that energy to yield a net positive doesn't exist yet
That's so cool lol