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Record Set for Hottest Temperature on Earth: 3.6 Billion Degrees in Lab
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| 3/8/2006
| Ker Than
Posted on 03/08/2006 2:50:47 PM PST by The_Victor
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To: R_Kangel
And now you talking to yourself too.... :)
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:23:33 PM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: merp
...the results Texas A&M got in 2001 using a dense plasma focus device... What is this about?
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:25:39 PM PST
by
BuglerTex
(Preserve Gravity before.. well, just before)
To: raybbr
How did it not melt everything in sight? I find these serendipitous discoveries fascinating except when they destroy the planet.
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:26:00 PM PST
by
Moonman62
(Federal creed: If it moves tax it. If it keeps moving regulate it. If it stops moving subsidize it)
To: GLDNGUN
What kind of a thermometer measures that much heat? They tell by the energy of the emitted photons. Just like a blacksmith can tell how hot a piece of steel is by whether it's red-hot, yellow-hot, or white hot
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:26:43 PM PST
by
SauronOfMordor
(A planned society is most appealing to those with the hubris to think they will be the planners)
To: Cheburashka
Just prior to the first nuclear test in July, 1945, the scientists were running a betting pool on how big the explosion would be. One of the bets placed was that it would destroy the entire state of New Mexico.
Enrico Fermi bet there was a small but real possibility the explosion would ignite the nitrogen in the atmosphere and destroy the Earth.
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:28:50 PM PST
by
Kozak
(Anti Shahada: " There is no God named Allah, and Muhammed is his False Prophet")
To: The_Victor
Either somebody left a can of Red Bull in the reaction chamber, or one of the scientists is popping a Mentos when they press the SMITE button.
To: The_Victor
Hello! Maybe the temperature measuring device is wrong?! I mean how on earth was it calibrated, if this temperature was never, ever created before?
To: Moonman62
I find these serendipitous discoveries fascinating except when they destroy the planet. Hey, we're all still here. Let's try it again, only this time....
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:35:22 PM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: Kozak
Isn't that what happened at the end of
Beneath the Planet of the Apes?Seriously, this is something to add to the list of "It was so hot..."
69
posted on
03/08/2006 3:35:54 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(Islamofascists don't need cartoons. They're already caricatures.)
To: BuglerTex
Texas A&M got in 2001 using a dense plasma focus deviceWhat is this about?
Aggie plasma
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:37:12 PM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: The_Victor
Hey, I know the real aggie jokes. I are one.
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:40:36 PM PST
by
BuglerTex
(Preserve Gravity before.. well, just before)
To: The_Victor
Thermonuclear explosions are estimated to reach only tens to hundreds of millions of degrees Kelvin One hundred million Fahrenheit, or ten times the temperature at the center of the sun, but it has been a while since it has been measured. We better start testing again--in the interests of science.
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:40:39 PM PST
by
RightWhale
(pas de lieu, Rhone que nous)
To: The_Victor; dighton; martin_fierro; cyborg; Constitution Day; Fierce Allegiance
This temperature barely surpassed the previous record, which was a high-friction record set when Hillary Clinton wore corduroy pants.
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:41:19 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: BuglerTex
Hey, I know the real aggie jokes. I are one.'86, myself.
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:41:51 PM PST
by
The_Victor
(If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
To: nightdriver
They could have used a pyrometer or something like it, which infers temperature from the radiation that an object emits. White hot is hotter than red-hot, for example, and you don't have to touch it to figure that out.
To: The_Victor
'86, myself.No! Don't 86 yourself, you have too much to live for!
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:42:42 PM PST
by
Petronski
(I love Cyborg!)
To: BuglerTex
Thirty years ago a contractor put the vessel of a cylindrical new water tower on upside down and had to arc-gouge all the spherical plates off so they could install the truncated conical shapes to get the flange upset off the column. Looked down on it from a 15 story building on campus a few years back - darn thing is bent to hell on top now.
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:45:21 PM PST
by
BuglerTex
(Preserve Gravity before.. well, just before)
To: The_Victor
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:47:34 PM PST
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: The_Victor
Still not as hot.
To: jazusamo
I'm convinced. I'll trade my George Foreman grill for a Z machine.
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posted on
03/08/2006 3:51:31 PM PST
by
TC Rider
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