Can protons have consistent heat?

  • Sean222
    11th Mar 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    So I'm making something, and I need superheated protons. The problem is that as soon as the protons fly off,

    they would have cooled by 99999999999800 degrees celsius (No joke). Is there a way to make the protons stay the same temperature all the way through?

    Edited once by Sean222. Last: 11th Mar 2017
  • coryman
    12th Mar 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    There is a maximum heat of around 9800 degrees celcius (I think it's just 10000-273.15). Setting a temperature above that will only work until you unpause, at which point it will go back down to the limit. If that's not the issue, make sure ambient heat is off, and there's nothing that could be drawing heat from the protons

  • tptquantum
    12th Mar 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    Max Temp for all elements: 9725.85 -273.15 °C

  • QuanTech
    12th Mar 2017 Member 0 Permalink

    Or if you do manage to get above 10000C after unpausing you still can't go above 2,147,483,647 because temperature is stored as signed 32-bit floating point number. You can check that out right now! Pause the simulation, place something, and set its temp to 2147483647 kelvin. Then go 1 degree higher, and you'll see the temperature becomes negative! This is also known as integer/float overflow, and the Ariane 5 rocket blew up because of it.

     

    EDIT: wow. I messed up ints with floats. Kill me.

    Edited 2 times by QuanTech. Last: 13th Mar 2017