Highest Sustained Temperature Mankind Can Produce?

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The discussion centers around the highest sustained temperature that mankind can produce, exploring various methods and contexts in which such temperatures are achieved.

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  • Exploratory, Conceptual clarification

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  • Participants discuss the potential of thermonuclear devices and experimental fusion reactors to achieve high temperatures, questioning the definitions of "sustained" and the mechanisms involved in maintaining such temperatures.

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The conversation includes various perspectives on temperature production, with some participants suggesting specific examples like thermonuclear devices and fusion reactors. There is a mix of exploration and clarification, but no consensus has been reached regarding the highest sustained temperature.

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Participants reference different contexts for temperature production, including nuclear reactions and experimental setups, while also noting the challenges in defining sustained temperature in practical terms.

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What is the highest sustained temperature mankind can produce and how is it done? I've searched Google and Wikipedia already and I came here hoping to find the answer.
 
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I still think thermonuclear devices (like bombs) produce the highest temperature.Round 10^{8}K.The same temperature as in the core of the Sun.

Daniel.
 
Sustain as in, keep the hot object in a container ?
Then i think it would be the experimental fusion reactor which is in UK i think. A long time has passed since i ve read about this and i can faintly remember now but if memory serves correctly, the kept a fusion reaction inside a metal torus shaped container by the help of a magnetic field. The plasma kept going in circles inside the torus.
 
Thanks for the help but I've found my answer here under "Science And Technology" then "Amazing Science" and finally, "Highest Man-Made Temperature".
 
Haaaa that's old. :-p
 

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