TheTechnician27 to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agoMy chemistry professor after explaining that helium is colorless, odorless, non-toxic, and inert [Day 67]lemmy.worldimagemessage-square6arrow-up1130arrow-down14
arrow-up1126arrow-down1imageMy chemistry professor after explaining that helium is colorless, odorless, non-toxic, and inert [Day 67]lemmy.worldTheTechnician27 to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square6
minus-squareMrMobius linkfedilink3•2 months agoPhysics professor: That’s not true! You can make nuclear fusion with helium-3 which doesn’t make the reactor core radioactive over time. And I think that’s cool!
minus-square@mumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•2 months agoThat is a bit of cheating, speaking as a phycisist. We say “if we add enough energy to system X thing Y will happen” about almost everything. :-)
minus-squareMrMobius linkfedilink1•2 months agoTrue and, speaking of nuclear fusion, it’s a big if. Given the amount of “enough energy” needed.
Physics professor: That’s not true! You can make nuclear fusion with helium-3 which doesn’t make the reactor core radioactive over time. And I think that’s cool!
That is a bit of cheating, speaking as a phycisist. We say “if we add enough energy to system X thing Y will happen” about almost everything. :-)
True and, speaking of nuclear fusion, it’s a big if. Given the amount of “enough energy” needed.