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Old 08-September-2008, 03:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Neverfly View Post
This is a faulty calculation based on the temperature thing above. I should say- Misapplied.
No, I know where it comes from.
The LHC has a copper block, where they would send the contained particles to in case of an emergency to empty the ring and to avoid a damage of the LHC. All those particles combined would cause the mentioned melting, not a single one hitting it.
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