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Chinese Fusion Experiment Reaches 100 Million Degrees
Universe Today ^
| 11/18/2018
Posted on 11/20/2018 5:19:10 PM PST by BenLurkin
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Coming as this does from Red China, it impossible to give absolute credence on this announcement.
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:19:10 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Until it becomes uncontained.
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:23:48 PM PST
by
MrEdd
(Caveat Emptor)
Deuterium has the symbol “D”, not “H” (and certainly not a symbol resembling H-squared).
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:24:36 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: BenLurkin
100 million degrees. Another example of just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. What could possibly go wrong.
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:24:49 PM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: BenLurkin
Stir-fry will never be the same
To: MrEdd
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:27:37 PM PST
by
dontreadthis
(A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
To: bgill
Not 100,000,332 degrees......
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:36:02 PM PST
by
blackdog
To: bgill
Not to worry. They are doing the science at a State of the Art facility...
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:36:16 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: MrEdd
It’s really not a big deal. Basically it makes non-radioactive helium and a very tiny amount of low level, very short half-life other waste.
Fusion would be a fantastic power source if contained and perfected. basically water as fuel, basically no waste.
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:36:50 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: Olog-hai
I believe it can also be 2H.
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:42:23 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: DesertRhino
You still have to break down water.
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:46:34 PM PST
by
dhs12345
To: BenLurkin
High temp is nice, but what really matters is the product of temperature, density, and confinement time.
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:52:52 PM PST
by
Steely Tom
([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
To: Olog-hai
Deuterium has the symbol D, not H (and certainly not a symbol resembling H-squared). Deuterium can be denoted with the H. It is heavy isotope of hydrogen after all.
But the convention would be to have the superscript 2 before the H.
2H
Just as Carbon 14 is written as 14C
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:53:11 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: dontreadthis
Until I can get one at Harbor Freight, it didn’t happen.
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posted on
11/20/2018 5:57:52 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(I will competently make sure the thing is done incompetently.)
To: Chauncey Gardiner
The Chinese gave us twice-cooked pork.
Now it looks like they've given us four-times-cooked electrons.
To: BenLurkin
What’s the point of such a high temp when all you need is steam to run the electric generators? Or am I missing something?
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posted on
11/20/2018 6:03:22 PM PST
by
Dogbert41
(When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
To: blackdog
How exactly can one measure a 100 million degree temperature?
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posted on
11/20/2018 6:12:08 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 2)
To: DesertRhino
“Its really not a big deal. Basically it makes non-radioactive helium and a very tiny amount of low level, very short half-life other waste.
Fusion would be a fantastic power source if contained and perfected. basically water as fuel, basically no waste.”
Exactly. Also no worry about containment as if the torus is breached and the plasma escapes it will die before it reaches the magnets that contain it, in a Tokamak style reactor. Main byproduct is helium. 1 gallon of water contains enough deuterium to equal the thermal reaction of 379 gallons of gas.
The only problem with fusion today, which is just the same problem they had in the 90s is getting out more than you put in. The NBI method of heating the plasma requires more energy to heat the plasma to a fusion state that can be extracted from the plasma.
Despite all of the whiz bang new fangled toys we are still not getting a net positive energy returns.
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posted on
11/20/2018 6:18:34 PM PST
by
Syntyr
(Happiness is two at low eight!)
To: EEGator; Olog-hai; BenLurkin
Nuclides Table Another correct notation would be
1-H-2
the Atomic number, the Chemical symbol, the Atomic mass.
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posted on
11/20/2018 6:19:38 PM PST
by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: BenLurkin
Eh...I would still need a light sweater.
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posted on
11/20/2018 6:22:23 PM PST
by
ZinGirl
(Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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