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Question: could gamma rays such as these be collected to be used for energy consumption? Maybe a gamma engine? Hoping someone smarter than me can answer this t
by brianbreslin 15y ago
Question: could gamma rays such as these be collected to be used for energy consumption? Maybe a gamma engine?
Hoping someone smarter than me can answer this theoretical q.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoNo. While the individual energy of a single gamma ray can be very high the total energy flux of all of the gamma rays is quite low, many orders of magnitude less than the power available from ordinary sunlight. Also, it's very difficult to convert gamma rays into electrical power efficiently.
- brianbreslin 15y agothanks. they were saying this stuff exists at billions of volts, thus my question.
- InclinedPlane 15y agoElectron Volts are a unit of energy. It's basically the amount of energy that is released from a single electron travelling through an electric potential difference of one volt. Ten billion electron Volts is a lot of energy for a single particle but it is still one billionth of a single Joule.
- elorant 15y agoJust to give you a perspective, one trillion electronvolts is the kinetic energy of a flying mosquito.