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The CERN particle accelerator has already been cooled down to its operating temperature, (270˚ Celsius) and the first ‘protons’ have been inserted!
Originally posted by johnsky
COOLED down? To 270˚ Celsius?!
Exactly how hot was it naturally, while turned off, before they started COOLING?
Don't they mean HEATED up to?
I get the feeling whoever wrote the article must have been an American, because they clearly don't have a grasp of the metric system yet.
Originally posted by Misfit
You rrrRREALLY need to read a bit before making asinine comments such as that.
Originally posted by johnsky
And you rrrRREALLY need to realize I was pointing out a written mistake.
Originally posted by miguelbmx
I don't know what will happen once this thing is turned on,but I can asure you one thing, the amount of people claiming to be time travelers here on ATS will reach a new record.
I get the feeling whoever wrote the article must have been an American, because they clearly don't have a grasp of the metric system yet.
To the American readers still using imperial measurements, they're saying they cooled the thing down to 518˚ Fahrenheit before turning it on.
As such preparations for the formal September 10th start date continue, the entire machine has been successfully cooled to temperatures below minus 270ºC, a fraction of a degree above the lowest achievable temperature.
In this temperature range, helium becomes a liquid, and is used to cool the superconducting magnets which keep the proton beams circulating at almost the speed of light as well as making the LHC the biggest refrigerator on the planet.
Originally posted by Havalon
the LHC is due to commence full operation in 2010 so there is a conundrum! has the future already been!