CAS Connections 2021: Torus

Описание: The Torus: 2021 CAS Sales Award

The European Tokamak is a fusion reactor that uses a powerful electromagnet in the shape of a torus to essentially “bottle” a fusion reaction in a vacuum. This doughnut shaped super magnet creates a magnetic field so focused that it is capable of containing a plasma field hotter than the surface of the sun. The goal of fusion is to create unlimited energy by combining smaller atoms into larger ones without the unwanted radiation.

It is speculated by Astrophysicists that the universe is shaped liked like a torus. Like that vintage video game Asteroids, if you set off in one direction, eventually you will return to where you started. Additionally, the magnetic field surrounding the earth is in the shape of a torus. It is this magnetic field that protects us from the harmful solar radiation of the sun.

On earth all animals are essentially toroidal. From earthworms to humans our GI tracts when simplified are in the form of a torus. A tube in cross section with our skin on the outside. Mathematically every other opening on our bodies are just cavities.

It seems we are all connected by the torus. From the micro to the macro. It takes energy to form a torus and energy to sustain one. Chemical energy, electromagnetic energy, cosmic energy and the power of interpersonal connections makes the whole thing go. Connections are at the core of this year’s awards. Layered with history, in the form of 1929 era American Chemical Societies’ journals, these segmented tori were conceived on paper, designed on a computer, handcrafted, and then individually cut on a laser cutter. Utilizing a variety of techniques from the arcane to modern, artist Aaron Kramer has lovingly created every one of this year’s awards in his Los Angeles studio.

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