China to Complete Artificial Sun Device This Year
Why in news?
- China plans to complete the construction of the artificial sun this year, achieving an ion temperature of 100 million degrees Celsius.
- The HL-2M Tokamak device is designed to replicate the nuclear fusion process that occurs naturally in the sun and stars and to provide almost infinite clean energy through controlled nuclear fusion, which is often dubbed as the “artificial sun.”
Challenges in this Project
- Achieving extremely high temperature: Achieving an ion temperature above 100 million degrees Celsius to reach the goal of harnessing the nuclear fusion is difficult. The temperature at the core of the sun is ....
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