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🔊 News: 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗙𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗧𝘄𝗼-𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗚𝗮𝘀 𝗚𝘂𝗻 In July 2025, First Light recorded the highest pressure output ever achieved on a two-stage light gas gun – generating pressures equivalent to 25 million times the atmospheric pressure on Earth. Our record-breaking result was achieved using the latest version of our proprietary pressure amplification technology, which increased the attainable pressure in a quartz sample from 200 gigapascals (GPa) to 2.5 terapascals (TPa) – more than 12x increase and equivalent to 25 million times atmospheric pressure. The successful experiment also generated sample temperatures exceeding 100,000 degrees Celsius – more than 3x hotter than a bolt of lightning. The ability to test materials under extreme pressure opens new research possibilities across space, defence and other industries. The result is significant as such pressures could only previously be generated with extremely large facilities, but with First Light’s amplifiers the same result can now be achieved within a small facility and at a dramatically lower cost per ‘shot.’ To read the full release please visit our website - https://lnkd.in/e6Scn-P7 📸 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘙𝘢𝘸 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵’𝘴 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘝𝘐𝘚𝘈𝘙 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘍𝘎 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘝𝘐𝘚𝘈𝘙 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘈𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 35 𝘬𝘮/𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘻 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 2.5 𝘛𝘗𝘢. #Fusion | #MaterialsTesting | #Physics | #Manufacturing | #IFE