{"id":124601,"date":"2024-08-30T15:37:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/mayo-is-weirdly-great-for-understanding-nuclear-fusion-experiments\/"},"modified":"2024-08-30T15:37:18","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T15:37:18","slug":"mayo-is-weirdly-great-for-understanding-nuclear-fusion-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/30\/mayo-is-weirdly-great-for-understanding-nuclear-fusion-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo is weirdly great for understanding nuclear fusion experiments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div> \r\n<br><br><div style=\"clear:both\">\n<style><![CDATA[\n.subscribe-cta {\n  color: black;\n  margin-top: 0px;\n  background-color: #EDD695;\n  background-size: cover;\n  padding: 20px;\n  border: 1px solid black;\n  border-top: 5px solid black;\n  clear: both;\n}\n\n.centered {\n  text-align:center;\n  margin:auto;\n}\n\n]]><\/style>\n<!-- \/wp:html -->\n\n<!-- wp:group {\"className\":\"subscribe-cta\"} -->\n<div id=\"subscribeConversion\" class=\"wp-block-group subscribe-cta\"><!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"2em\"}}} -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:2em\">Extreme Climate Survey<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\",\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"1.1em\"}}} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:1.1em\"><strong><em>Science News <\/em>is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet&#8217;s changing climate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:1.1em\">What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events?<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"20px\"} -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:buttons {\"className\":\"centered\",\"layout\":{\"type\":\"flex\",\"justifyContent\":\"center\"}} -->\n\n<!-- \/wp:buttons --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:group -->\n\n\n<p>This elastic-to-plastic transition can also occur in experiments that use lasers to kick off nuclear fusion. In such experiments, lasers blast a metal capsule containing the fuel,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/nuclear-fusion-ignition-first\">raising pressures and temperatures<\/a>\u00a0so high that atomic nuclei in the fuel fuse together, releasing energy (<em>SN: 2\/16\/24<\/em>). Scientists hope to eventually use nuclear fusion as a source of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it\u2019s difficult to study how materials behave under the extreme conditions required for fusion. So in their latest experiment, the scientists looked at how mayo mixed with a gas \u2014 air \u2014 as they rotated a wheel that they\u2019d dolloped the mayonnaise into. The centrifugal force of the spinning wheel accelerated the mayo into the gas.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the wheel stopped spinning, the scientists observed whether the glob returned to its original shape, changed shape or broke apart. This determined the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/pre\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevE.109.055103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">border between the elastic and plastic behavior<\/a>, they reported in the May\u00a0<em>Physical Review E<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mayo and air are akin to the molten metal of a fusion fuel capsule and the gas it contains. The molten capsule has some properties of a solid \u2014 like gloopy mayo, it doesn\u2019t flow on its own \u2014 but it can break apart under enough force. If the metal becomes plastic before fusion occurs, the gas could escape, spoiling the fusion attempt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with mayo does have one drawback. When you show up in the supermarket checkout line with 48 containers of mayo, you\u2019re bound to attract attention. \u201cWe sometimes get a lot of questions from the grocery stores,\u201d Banerjee says, \u201cwhy we are buying that much mayonnaise.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n<br>\r\n<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/mayonnaise-nuclear-fusion\">Source link <\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extreme Climate Survey Science News is collecting reader questions about how to navigate our planet&#8217;s changing climate. What do you want to know about extreme heat and how it can lead to extreme weather events? This elastic-to-plastic transition can also occur in experiments that use lasers to kick off nuclear fusion. 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