CHINA is on course to finish building an "artificial sun" before the end of the year, local media reports.

The incredible structure will be capable of reaching 100million degrees Celcius – six times hotter than the centre of our Sun.

Chinese scientists are trying to create an "artificial sun" powerful enough to kickstart nuclear fusion reactions
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Chinese scientists are trying to create an "artificial sun" powerful enough to kickstart nuclear fusion reactionsCredit: Dennis Hallinan
Scientists hope that the "artificial sun" will help harness the power of nuclear fusion.

This would bring humanity a step closer to creating "unlimited clean energy", by mimicking reactions that naturally occur inside the Sun proper.

The "artificial sun" was first announced by Chinese researchers last November, but the project has just hit an important milestone.

Chinese media reports that early trials have allowed researchers to create stunningly high temperatures.


Plasma temperatures inside the Expiermental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) at the lab in China's Anhui Province have reached 100million degrees Celcius
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Plasma temperatures inside the Expiermental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) at the lab in China's Anhui Province have reached 100million degrees CelciusCredit: Youku
Researchers are using a device called a "tokamak", which uses a powerful magnetic field to trap hot plasma.

Our Sun hits temperatures of around 15million degrees Celcius at its core.

But the plasma from China's artificial sun has reached an electron temperature of 100million degrees Celcius – and an ion temperature of 50million degrees Celcius.

Ions are what "generate energy in the device", Duan Xuru, an official at the China National Nuclear Corporation, told Science and Technology Daily, the official newspaper of China's Ministry of Science and Technology.


So the plan is to now bring the ion temperature up to 100million degrees too. Ion temperature is usually lower than electron temperature, so this may be difficult.

The device, Duan said, needs to be tweaked to hit the goal.

As well as high pressure, nuclear fusion requires extremely high temperatures – which the artificial sun could provide.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/8593244/china-artificial-sun-temperature/

Lalasticala help o

To achieve what exactly?

And then the artificial sun crashes down to earth. Doomsday 2.0

Ndi Ara...

Wait!!
What if one day it falls out of it orbit.
With that amount of energy that absolute destruction.
China eh smh No wonder coro is coroing them

Las Las the artificial sun no go last cos na China made

una don start another one, this una artificial virus is still wrecking havoc, one more bull shi.t from and am taking them down.

World power countries should help us destroy this China to its last atom b4 they use their madness put us in trouble. Whoever buys anything from China is on his/her own

any new tech from china now people go dey watch them closely



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