m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldM to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoNuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 secondswww.livescience.comexternal-linkmessage-square258fedilinkarrow-up1836arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1823arrow-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 · 9 months agomessage-square258fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLumisal@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·9 months agoI thought we used magnetrons and such, and the excessive heat was due to current inefficiency and control of the fusion process in containing the heat and it building up higher and higher.
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·9 months agoThe heat is needed so atoms collide enough to fuse without the high pressure inside a star. The trick is keeping the reaction going.
I thought we used magnetrons and such, and the excessive heat was due to current inefficiency and control of the fusion process in containing the heat and it building up higher and higher.
The heat is needed so atoms collide enough to fuse without the high pressure inside a star. The trick is keeping the reaction going.