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Plasma, the mysterious (and powerful) fourth phase of matter
One of the biggest motivators of contemporary plasma science is the promise of controlled thermonuclear fusion, where atoms merge together and release intense but manageable bursts of energy. This would provide an almost limitless source of safe, ‘green’ power, but it’s not an easy task. Before fusion can occur here on Earth, the plasma must be heated to more than 100 million degrees Celsius – about 10 times hotter than the centre of the Sun! But that’s not even the most complicated bit; we managed to reach those temperatures and beyond in the 1990s. What’s worse is that hot plasma is very unstable and doesn’t like to stay at a fixed volume, which means that it’s hard to contain and make useful.
http://spaceindustrynews.com/plasma-the-mysterious-and-powerful-fourth-phase-of-matter/
--- ALIEN ROCK GEMSTONE
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Jul/20/2018, 10:00 am
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