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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C for a record-breaking 48 seconds (www.livescience.com)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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48 seconds. I predict a glut of helium. balloons for everyone

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Nah. Not that hot. Now 100 million kelvin, THAT is hot!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

C is hotter than K, and F is a mess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

F is just salty

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Can we get some Fs in chat?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

100 million Kelvin is 99,999,726.85 degrees Celsius. The difference is like 0.003%, a rounding error.

Also 100 million Celsius is slightly hotter than 100m Kelvin