China’s “artificial sun,” the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), is now being tested to pave the road for sustainable energy in the future. The gadget setup in a recent test was a fusion reactor that ran for around 20 minutes at a mind-boggling 70 million degrees Celsius.
The machine intends to harness the power of nuclear fusion, a type of nuclear energy generation that has yet to be completely explored. The system is based on nuclear reactions that occur inside the artificial sun and are powered by hydrogen and deuterium gases. These trials may aid scientists in their quest for “unlimited clean energy.”
The auxiliary heating system for the reactor is being tested in order to make it “hotter” and “durable.” The EAST, which was constructed and built in China, has been used for nuclear fusion research since 2006. Experts, on the other hand, have only recently uncovered a key milestone.
The “artificial sun” in the latest experiment, according to the South China Morning Post, ran at 70 million degrees Celsius for 1,056 seconds — or 17 minutes and 36 seconds. That’s approximately five times the temperature of the real sun, which reaches 15 million degrees Celsius in its core.
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