I've been asked to give a talk at my alma mater in a week. (Abstract!) I'm looking forward to it!
While reviewing my slides I'm putting together, I ran across these fun facts:
Highest elemental melting point: Tungsten (74W), ~ 3,400 C
Temperature of Sun’s surface ~ 6,000 C
Fusion reactor: ~ 20,000,000 C
This is why I like fusion. And preparing talks like this -- because it reminds me just how awesome it is to be working on real fusion devices. :)
