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Harnessing the Sun: Innovative Thermal Trap Reaches Over 1000 °C Using Sunlight


In the future solar energy could be used to produce cement or steel, instead of burning coal or oil for this purpose. Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a thermal trap that can absorb concentrated sunlight and deliver heat at over a thousand degrees Celsius. A new thermal trap uses sunlig

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