Comment on Neutronium would like a word.

LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• lemmyng@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Such devices exist, namely stars. Neutron stars are theorized to have neutronium at their core, essentially a soup of neutrons so densely packed that nothing else fits between them - in order words, the densest theoretical material (osmium is the densest material found on Earth).

  source

  • LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I guess I forgot to say it needs to fit in the package lol

    source

    • P00ptart@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just toss a few teaspoons of black hole in there.

      source

      • variants_of_concern@lemmy.one ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Just have the package delivered to the black hole and watch usps get it there rain or snow

        source

        • -> View More Comments
    • Umbrias@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      no, i mean theoretically who knows, but practically no. compressing something to be more dense than a solid is energy intense. you are surpassing the bond energy of moleculesto do it. second, compressing enough osmium is going to take less, but still bigajoules, of energy. the compressive stress is immense. anything that could hold thht stress is much too big to fit in the package.

      source
    • Gustephan@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t be too surprised if you could achieve that kind of density for a few fractions of a second with explosive powered compression. I’m thinking something like the electromagnetic flux compression technique used by Nakamura et al to make the 1200T magnetic field back in 2018. The package absolutely wouldn’t exist for long though lol

      source
• gibmiser@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I believe that would be some form of fusion

  source

  • benignintervention@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    So yes, for a moment

    source

    • ChicoSuave@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      But also no

      source

      • chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        A very large no.

        source

        • -> View More Comments
• Donjuanme@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Good news, it’s 20-30 years away!

  source