China Builds the World’s Strongest Gravity Machine! 🌌

Summary:

  1. Record-Breaking Gravity Machine
    China has activated CHIEF, a facility that creates forces thousands of times Earth’s gravity for research in geology, materials, and energy.

  2. Advanced Features
    The facility will house three hypergravity centrifuges and 18 onboard units, enabling cutting-edge experiments.

  3. Applications Across Industries
    CHIEF will advance studies in deep-sea exploration, slope engineering, seismic geotechnics, and materials processing.

  4. Global Leadership
    With a capacity of 1,900 g-t, CHIEF surpasses the US Army Corps of Engineers’ hypergravity facility, making it the most advanced in the world.

  5. Specialized Experiment Chambers
    It features six chambers, each focused on specific areas like deep-earth studies and geological processes.

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