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To: Sasparilla

Dubbed the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), the reactor heated hydrogen gas to about 50 million Kelvins (49.999 million°C).

For comparison, the interior of the sun is believed to be around 15 million Kelvins.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3434187/China-overtakes-Germany-make-nuclear-fusion-breakthrough-Reactor-creates-conditions-THREE-times-hotter-sun.html#ixzz3zmmEMakh


7 posted on 02/10/2016 9:04:12 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
For comparison, the interior of the sun is believed to be around 15 million Kelvins.

Measured with a really long thermometer. Question is, where did they stick it???

11 posted on 02/10/2016 9:06:35 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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