Timeline for Temperature of fusion in the Sun vs. fusion in controlled experiments on Earth
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| Aug 12, 2020 at 18:02 | answer | added | Hugh | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 22, 2015 at 18:38 | comment | added | E.N.B. | @tmwilson26 The excerpt I'm referring to is on p. 43 of "Living in the Environment: Principles, Connections, and Solutions", by Miller & Spoolman. I also found this helpful blurb online: uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/Notes/section2/fusion.html Finally, this article from Live Science seems relevant to the topic at hand: livescience.com/40246-new-boron-method-nuclear-fusion.html | |
| Dec 22, 2015 at 18:27 | vote | accept | E.N.B. | ||
| Dec 22, 2015 at 18:23 | comment | added | E.N.B. | @James-- You are absolutely correct. Thank you for catching that! I have edited the typo in the op. | |
| Dec 22, 2015 at 18:21 | history | edited | E.N.B. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 22, 2015 at 17:20 | answer | added | John Rennie | timeline score: 6 | |
| Dec 22, 2015 at 16:34 | comment | added | James | According to the data on Wikipedia, the sun central temperature is 15.7e6 Kelvin, not 15e3 Kelvin. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun#Core | |
| Dec 22, 2015 at 15:50 | answer | added | ProfRob | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 22, 2015 at 15:43 | comment | added | dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten | The sun is a woefully slow fuser. I gets away with that by being sodding enormous (as in the active core is of a size with the entire planet). You can't afford the wait in something you build. | |
| Dec 22, 2015 at 15:22 | comment | added | tmwilson26 | First, you might consider providing a link to the experiments that you've read about if they are available, as it would be helpful for those of use are aren't familiar with them. Second, these experiments are very likely performed under controlled conditions (they can control the pressure), so the earth's atmospheric pressure is not likely to factor into this. | |
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| Dec 22, 2015 at 15:14 | history | asked | E.N.B. | CC BY-SA 3.0 |