{"id":26058,"date":"2025-08-27T08:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T08:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/26058\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T08:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T08:03:08","slug":"chinas-tiangong-beats-iss-in-heated-space-research-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/26058\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Tiangong beats ISS in heated space research race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3292844\/chinas-tiangong-space-station-research-aims-break-technology-choke-points?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tiangong space station<\/a> has set a new record in space-based materials research after a tungsten alloy was heated to temperatures exceeding 3,100 degrees Celsius (5,612 degrees Fahrenheit).<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">On the ISS\u2019s Japanese module, Kibo, scientists used a similar method \u2013 known as electrostatic levitation \u2013 to suspend tiny metal samples in mid-air and heat them with lasers, reaching around 3,000 degrees. The technique eliminates the need for a physical container that could contaminate or interfere with the sample at extreme temperatures.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The experiments were conducted to study heat-resistant materials used in fusion reactors, rocket engines and hypersonic vehicles. Photo: CCTV\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/4825960e-dbea-430f-979e-9d4cb5595830_c3954267.jpg\" title=\"The experiments were conducted to study heat-resistant materials used in fusion reactors, rocket engines and hypersonic vehicles. Photo: CCTV\"\/>The experiments were conducted to study heat-resistant materials used in fusion reactors, rocket engines and hypersonic vehicles. Photo: CCTV<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The Chinese experiments, conducted in a container-free laboratory cabinet inside Tiangong\u2019s core module, aimed to study heat-resistant materials used in fusion reactors, rocket engines and hypersonic vehicles, according to state broadcaster CCTV.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The cabinet was developed by physicist Hu Liang and his team at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian, Shaanxi province.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe findings will help scientists design better tungsten alloys and support fundamental research into ultra-high-temperature materials for nuclear and aerospace applications,\u201d Hu told CCTV.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">He added that the experiments also demonstrated the reliability of the cabinet. In operation for four years, the device has been used to test tungsten alloys, niobium alloys and other advanced materials in orbit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Tiangong space station has set a new record in space-based materials research after a tungsten alloy was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[270],"tags":[8131,21482,18898,381,6599,18,21478,11563,21477,21484,21473,19,915,17,21474,21481,21479,1024,21483,133,21476,451,21475,21480],"class_list":{"0":"post-26058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-aerospace","9":"tag-alabama","10":"tag-cctv","11":"tag-china","12":"tag-earth","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-electrostatic-levitator","15":"tag-european","16":"tag-fusion-reactors","17":"tag-hu-liang","18":"tag-hypersonic-vehicles","19":"tag-ie","20":"tag-international-space-station-iss","21":"tag-ireland","22":"tag-japanese","23":"tag-kibo","24":"tag-marshall-space-flight-centre","25":"tag-nasa","26":"tag-northwestern-polytechnical-university","27":"tag-science","28":"tag-shaanxi-province","29":"tag-space","30":"tag-tiangong","31":"tag-tungsten"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}