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I like how they converted the number to Fahrenheit for the American readers - like that helps grasping this in any way. :) the comparison to the sun's core is much more helpful in this regard, but I still just cannot process how we're able to do this in a controlled fashion. If this technology really ever reaches production quality I'll be truly amazed.


But they did it wrong. The correct number is 180M degrees Fahrenheit. Sigh.


If 100C == 212F then 100 million C == 212 million F. DUH. Just like 0 C == 0 F. Simple math, man. High quality article all around here.


100M C to F => 100M*(9/5)+35 = 180,000,000 + 35 = 180,000,035.

...whoa


you mean 32?


Lol, yup. I just realized furgoo was being sarcastical (I hope)


Well, and they did it right, too. In the image caption,

> The Anhei tokamak is the first facility in the world to generate 100 million degrees Celsius (212 million Fahrenheit)

In article body,

> Most recently in November, it became the first facility in the world to generate 100 million degrees Celsius (180 million Fahrenheit)




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