▲ 202 ▼ Superconductor breakthrough replicated twice on preliminary testing (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 3 years ago by uthredii@programming.dev to c/science@beehaw.org 40 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Querk@discuss.tchncs.de 40 points 3 years ago (6 children) Big if true permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 21 points 3 years ago (4 children) How big kinda depends... The two limits on superconductor performance are: How much current it can carry How much magnetic field it can withstand It will soon go to National Labs to establish those parameters permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Even if it's useless it's a massive step forwards in superconductor development permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 13 points 3 years ago I guess you could say that even if it has low electric and magnetic capacity it still will have a giant impact on industry. But not all industries. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unomar@midwest.social 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) From what I understand, even if the current and magnetic field of this superconductor are low, it has: Identified a process for creating new superconductive materials Proven that ambient temperature and pressure superconductors are possible permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 3 points 3 years ago The original finding was written by experienced chemists, not physicists. There are some problems where solutions are searched for in the wrong directions. Our current generation of YCBO-based high-temperature superconductors started out as low-field, low-current, highly strain-sensitive, and over 30+ years of engineering development, these now carry >1000 amps/mm^2 in fields as high as 10T (although these numbers trade off against each other). It's a matter of time. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 2 points 3 years ago How big kinda depends... The two limits on superconductor performance are: How much current it can carry How much magnetic field it can withstand It will soon go to National Labs to establish those parameters permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 21 points 3 years ago (4 children) How big kinda depends... The two limits on superconductor performance are: How much current it can carry How much magnetic field it can withstand It will soon go to National Labs to establish those parameters permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Even if it's useless it's a massive step forwards in superconductor development permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 13 points 3 years ago I guess you could say that even if it has low electric and magnetic capacity it still will have a giant impact on industry. But not all industries. permalink fedilink source parent [–] unomar@midwest.social 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) From what I understand, even if the current and magnetic field of this superconductor are low, it has: Identified a process for creating new superconductive materials Proven that ambient temperature and pressure superconductors are possible permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 3 points 3 years ago The original finding was written by experienced chemists, not physicists. There are some problems where solutions are searched for in the wrong directions. Our current generation of YCBO-based high-temperature superconductors started out as low-field, low-current, highly strain-sensitive, and over 30+ years of engineering development, these now carry >1000 amps/mm^2 in fields as high as 10T (although these numbers trade off against each other). It's a matter of time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 3 years ago* (1 child) Even if it's useless it's a massive step forwards in superconductor development permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 13 points 3 years ago I guess you could say that even if it has low electric and magnetic capacity it still will have a giant impact on industry. But not all industries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 13 points 3 years ago I guess you could say that even if it has low electric and magnetic capacity it still will have a giant impact on industry. But not all industries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] unomar@midwest.social 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) From what I understand, even if the current and magnetic field of this superconductor are low, it has: Identified a process for creating new superconductive materials Proven that ambient temperature and pressure superconductors are possible permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 3 points 3 years ago The original finding was written by experienced chemists, not physicists. There are some problems where solutions are searched for in the wrong directions. Our current generation of YCBO-based high-temperature superconductors started out as low-field, low-current, highly strain-sensitive, and over 30+ years of engineering development, these now carry >1000 amps/mm^2 in fields as high as 10T (although these numbers trade off against each other). It's a matter of time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 3 points 3 years ago The original finding was written by experienced chemists, not physicists. There are some problems where solutions are searched for in the wrong directions. Our current generation of YCBO-based high-temperature superconductors started out as low-field, low-current, highly strain-sensitive, and over 30+ years of engineering development, these now carry >1000 amps/mm^2 in fields as high as 10T (although these numbers trade off against each other). It's a matter of time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 2 points 3 years ago How big kinda depends... The two limits on superconductor performance are: How much current it can carry How much magnetic field it can withstand It will soon go to National Labs to establish those parameters permalink fedilink source parent