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Sandpaper_Pants t1_j0rk2vx wrote

How long of a burst from the laser to sear a porterhouse steak?

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madsci t1_j0t94e8 wrote

I found an estimate of 35 kJ to cook a steak, so at 50 kW theoretically 0.7 seconds. I'm not really equipped to test that but I think it wouldn't work out well in practice. I expect it'd just ablate the surface and not transfer as much energy as you want into the rest of the meat. If you could dial it down to 5 kW I'll bet it'd work.

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