"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword)
10/15/2020 at 06:30 • Filed to: None
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A nother barrier broken. Although I wouldn't get too excited yet. We have gone from needing cryogenics to " extremely high pressures" although the implications are that this is way more cost effective.
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> My bird IS the word
10/15/2020 at 07:34 |
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As if we don't have enough pressure... that's a lot of PSI!!!
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My bird IS the word
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
10/15/2020 at 07:41 |
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2020 unofficial theme song?
I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> My bird IS the word
10/15/2020 at 08:08 |
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Pressure and temperature increase together. Cooling the conductor to 58F while maintaining 39 million PSI takes a lot of cooling.
Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
> My bird IS the word
10/15/2020 at 08:26 |
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Oh neat. Yeah the nice thing about pressure is we can make that. Helium not so much.
WRXforScience
> I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
10/15/2020 at 08:36 |
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The cooling is only needed during the initial compression and not continuously though. Also, as long as you have sufficient amounts of cooling, you still don’t need cryogenic temperatures which makes the cooling process easier and more efficient.
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WRXforScience
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
10/15/2020 at 08:40 |
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Helium is made all the time as a byproduct of nuclear process (both fusion and Alpha decay). In fact, Helium doesn’t persist in the atmosphere and is only found in abundance as the prod uct of radioactive decay of elements in the Earth’s crust (an ongoing process). We harvest these reserves in the same rock formations that trap natural gas.
Helium is usually vented at natural gas wells since the cost to isolate and transport it is higher than its sale price (the strategic Helium reserve selloff really cratered the Helium market).
facw
> Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
10/15/2020 at 08:41 |
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Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor Is ‘Very Likely to Work,’ Studies Suggest
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I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
> WRXforScience
10/15/2020 at 09:06 |
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True. It’s an exciting development.
UserNotFound
> My bird IS the word
10/15/2020 at 09:09 |
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This is legit exciting. I told my wife and her eyes glazed over the way they do when I give her very exciting news.
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My bird IS the word
> UserNotFound
10/15/2020 at 09:14 |
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I somehow missed the 39 million psi part, that doesny seem super practical but the scientists seem quite happy. Perhaps this is one of those proof of concept things.
RacinBob
> My bird IS the word
10/15/2020 at 09:36 |
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Hard to say the impact of this development. Though I do think once a thing has been done, humankind has a way of figuring out easier ways to do it...... Look at the time scale from the transistor of 1940's to digital today as an example. Back in the beginning about all a transistor was good for was as a solid state radio tube.......
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My bird IS the word
> facw
10/15/2020 at 09:41 |
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Ive been waiting for this since lockheed announced it. Real solutions instead of these bandaid fixes.
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SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> My bird IS the word
10/15/2020 at 09:45 |
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I was actually thinking this tune...
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UserNotFound
> My bird IS the word
10/15/2020 at 09:52 |
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39 million psi is certainly suboptimal but still, superconducting properties at such a relatively high temperature, using what appears to be a novel compound that hasn’t been tried before, is a pretty important piece of the puzzle.
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UserNotFound
> My bird IS the word
10/15/2020 at 09:54 |
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Unfortunately, with Lockheed, we may be waiting a long time.
I still welcome the attempts, however.
Also the ITER recently hit a construction milestone.