US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved

Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by throw827474737 on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @05:24AM (#33981844)

That, but also mimicing the pressure of the sun here is just not possible (yet? :D), why we need to play with higher temperaturs with different problematic consequences.

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by eru on Thursday December 15, 2022 @12:43AM (#33995721)

Well, have a look at https://qr.ae/prpVIL which says:

> The highest instantaneous pressures we can obtain here on Earth are in the Fusion reactor at the National Ignition Facility and in Thermonuclear weapon detonations. These achieve pressures of 5 x 10^12 and 6.5 x 10^15 Pascal respectively. For comparison, the pressure inside our Sun’s core is 2.5 x 10^16 Pascal.

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Re:US Department of Energy: Fusion Ignition Achieved by throw827474737 on Thursday December 15, 2022 @05:07PM (#34006501)

Okok, amazing! But far from the controlled thing we'd like to have? :D

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