Record set for hottest temperature on Earth

[Bigus Dickus]

If they can use magnetic field to contain/compress heat in, why couldnt we keep heat out? Travel to the center of the sun/earth, shields (a la star trek), ....

great stuff.
epic

Not all "heat" is transferred by charged particles that are affected by magnetic fields. A plasma of charged particles is one thing... the sun, emitting a mix of ions, non-charged particles, photons at a variety of energies (and neutrinos, and who knows what else) etc. is quite another.

 

[Bigus Dickus]

fission = fusion

erm, huh?

 

[Cartoon Corpse]

how does the machine not melt? plus whatever is measuring the temperature? and everything in the general vicinity and beyond and stuff.

 

[nutball]

It should be able to estimate the temperature of the plasma by measuring the spectrum of the radiation it produces (X-rays). So it's not like they need to actually stick their thumb or a thermometer into the plasma.

 

[blakjedi]

It should be able to estimate the temperature of the plasma by measuring the spectrum of the radiation it produces (X-rays). So it's not like they need to actually stick their thumb or a thermometer into the plasma.

So basically if you put a chicken on the machine its gonna cook real quick.

 

[drpepper]

So basically if you put a chicken on the machine its gonna cook real quick.

No just cook, it will literally disappear and turn into radiation as any object subjected to those temperatures would surely break apart down to the atomic level.

In the end I'm sure it'll taste real good with some steamed asparagus on the side.

How they measure those temperatures is through calculations. Obviously direct measurement would be difficult as the instrument would be overwhelemed and not "calibrated" for such temperatures.

 

[Druga Runda]

the machine is awsome :thumbup: and lets hope the result isn't because of some calculation error.

 

[drpepper]

the machine is awsome :thumbup: and lets hope the result isn't because of some calculation error.

Well the obvious question is, was the machine calibrated correctly and when was the last time it was calibrated?