Sentences with phrase «stable hydrogen fusion»
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In 2015, they held super-heated hydrogen plasma in a stable state for 5 milliseconds, which is a huge deal in the world of fusion research.
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The article discussing the possibility of generating energy using small - scale nuclear fusion suggested that both deuterium and tritium are stable isotopes of hydrogen.
When their central temperatures reach values comparable to 107 K, hydrogen fusion ignites in their cores, and they settle down to long stable lives on the main sequence.
The young star is now stable in that the outward pressure from hydrogen fusion balances the inward pull of gravity.
The outward pressure from fusion counteracts the inward pressure from gravity and an equilibrium point was reached where they are equal and opposite in force and the sun has a relatively stable diameter that will persist until it starts running out of hydrogen fuel to sustain the outward pressure.