With High Explosives, it is possible to reach pressures in excess of 10 million atmospheres at temperatures exceeding 30,000 kelvins.

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David F Mayer — 4/25/2004 3:37:01 AM (archived)

This is not sustained, but instantaneous, only at the focus (center) of an implosion. I doubt that sonoluminescence can approach the [temperature * pressure] product obtained by high explosives.

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Cold fusion update - Tom Brosz - 4/20/2004 5:31:09 AM
- I read the paper in phys. rev. E - R.L. - 4/23/2004 6:22:04 AM
- I hate to seem like a killjoy, but I have heard this song before. - David F Mayer - 4/22/2004 9:55:51 PM
  - "It cant be done"- Yes it can - R.L. - 4/23/2004 6:57:29 PM
    - With High Explosives, it is possible to reach pressures in excess of 10 million atmospheres at temperatures exceeding 30,000 kelvins. - David F Mayer - 4/25/2004 3:37:01 AM
      - Higher temperatures have been postulated for sonoluminescence - R.L. - 4/25/2004 6:52:30 PM
      - All I am saying is ... - R.L. - 4/25/2004 6:58:16 AM
- Looks a bit like superconductivity. - Bowser - 4/20/2004 1:24:41 PM
  - re: Superconductivity. - Success_Machine - 4/20/2004 11:47:45 PM
    - I certainly don't know. - Bowser - 4/21/2004 12:21:54 AM
- re: Combining technologies? - Success_Machine - 4/20/2004 7:39:50 AM
  - Uhhhh - no.... - R.L. - 4/23/2004 6:45:56 AM
  - re: Combining technologies? - Adam - 4/21/2004 1:11:34 AM

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