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CERN's LHC in numbers
This also includes other stats for comparison.
-271.3 - The temperature (in degrees Celsius) of the magnets after being filled with Helium superfluid.
-193.2 - The temperature (in degrees Celsius) to which the magnets were cooled.
10⁻¹³ - Air pressure (in Pascals) inside the LHC.
10⁻¹² - Air pressure (in Pascals) on the moon.
0.00000000047 - The total mass (in grams) of protons circulating the LHC at any given time.
0.000000002 - Amount of Hydrogen used (in grams) per day by the LHC.
0.0001 - The time taken (in seconds) for a proton to circle the LHC.
0.75 - The amount (in grams) of Hydrogen needed to fill an average balloon.
0.999997828 - The number of times at the speed to light at which the protons move in the LHC.
0.999999991 - The number of times at the speed to light at which the protons move at top energy in the LHC.
1 - The typical strength (in telsas) of a scrapyard magnet.
1.9 - The temperature (in degrees Kelvin) of the magnets after being filled with Helium superfluid.
4.8 - The height (in kilometres) of Mont Blanc.
5 - The length (in metres) of some of the quadrupole magnets used in the LHC.
6.9 - The height (in kilometres) of 4 million stacked DVDs.
7 - The maximum energy at which the protons (in Tera electron volt) will travel in the LHC.
7 - The length (in metres) of some of the quadrupole magnets used in the LHC.
8.3 - The strength (in teslas) of the LHC’s super-conducting magnets.
10.4 - The height (in kilometres) of six million stacked DVDs.
13 - Time taken (in years) to build Big Ben.
14 - Time taken (in years) to build the LHC.
14 - The energy of the head-on collisions (in Tera electron volts) of the protons in the LHC.
15 - The estimated life-time (in years) of the LHC.
15 - The length (in metres) of the super-conducting dipole magnets.
15 - The information (in petabytes) produced by the LHC each year.
27 - The circumference (in kilometres) of the LHC.
32 - The time taken (in minutes) to circle the LHC at 50 km/h.
33 - The number of countries with which CERN is collaborating to install The Grid.
50 - The speed limit (in km per hour) for driving around the LHC.
60 - The amount (in tonnes) of liquid Helium used to bring the magnets’ temperature down to -271.3°C.
80 - The temperature (in degrees Kelvin) to which the magnets were cooled.
100 - The approximate depth of the LHC underground.
361 - The energy (in megajoules) of the USS Ronald Regan cruising at 5.6 knots.
362 - The collective energy (in megajoules) of the LHC’s protons at top speed.
392 - The number of quadrupole magnets used in the LHC.
1,232 - The number of super-conducting dipole magnets in the LHC.
2,808 - The number of proton bunches per beam at full intensity.
4,650 - The interior volume (in metres cubed) of Big Ben.
9,000 - The rough volume (in metres cubed) of the LHC’s major vacuum system.
9,300 - The total number of magnets on the inside of the LHC.
10,080 - The amount (in tonnes) of liquid Nitrogen used to cool the magnets.
11,245 - The number of times a proton will circle the ring in one second.
12,000 - The current (in Amps) that runs through a super-conducting magnet.
26,659 - The circumference (in metres) of the LHC.
88,000 - The total weight (in tonnes) of the USS Ronald Regan.
100,000 - The number of times hotter than the sun the collisions will be.
1,000,000 - Rough number of years needed for the LHC to use a party balloon’s worth of Hydrogen.
1,700,000 - The number of dual layers that can be filled with data produced by the LHC each year.
6,000,000 - Number of DVDs needed to hold the data produced by the LHC.
15,000,000 - The amount of information (in gigabytes) produced annually by the LHC.
600,000,000 - The rough number of collisions that will occur every second.
1,000,000,000 - The rough maximum speed (in metres per second) of a proton going around the the LHC.
4,100,000,000 - The cost (in £) of building the LHC.
4,500,000,000 - The cost (in US$) of building the USS Ronald Regan.
7,199,190,000 - The cost (in US$) of building the LHC.
115000000000 - The number of protons in each bunch.
Relevant Wikipedia articles: Absolute zero, Big Ben, CERN, LHC, proton, speed of light, USS Ronald Regan.
