LK-99 The dawn of a new superconductor?
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This could be a big deal if it works at room temperature and in ambient pressure. If it proves to be correct then the implications and applications are profound. Run an electric current through a loop of this superconducting wire and it might cycle forever as it wouldn't lose any energy due to heat.
New superconductor frenzy seems too super to be true
https://www.ft.com/content/3e76f8a1-cc4a-4794-82eb...
Synthesis of possible room temperature superconductor LK-99:Pb9Cu(PO4)6O
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16402
New superconductor frenzy seems too super to be true
https://www.ft.com/content/3e76f8a1-cc4a-4794-82eb...
Synthesis of possible room temperature superconductor LK-99:Pb9Cu(PO4)6O
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16402
Edited by redback911 on Friday 4th August 19:52
Have scientists really found a room-temperature superconductor?
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2...
https://www.economist.com/the-economist-explains/2...
From looking at what people trying to recreate it are saying, there might well be something in it but the published paper isn't exactly well written & is missing detail.
Also seems that trying to make the stuff is pot luck. Apparently all to do with the key part which is copper diffusion replacing lead in the crystals and causing internal tension (which is the truly novel bit in this to triggering superconduction, instead of needing either low temperature or high pressure to do it), and the resulting material/properties being a bit random rather than consistent.
Could be good though and at least lead to a new area of investigation for materials.
Also seems that trying to make the stuff is pot luck. Apparently all to do with the key part which is copper diffusion replacing lead in the crystals and causing internal tension (which is the truly novel bit in this to triggering superconduction, instead of needing either low temperature or high pressure to do it), and the resulting material/properties being a bit random rather than consistent.
Could be good though and at least lead to a new area of investigation for materials.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02481-0
My uneducated feeling is that this will turn out to be something other than "traditional" superconductivity, but maybe still a breakthrough.
Anyone who knows better want to weigh in?
My uneducated feeling is that this will turn out to be something other than "traditional" superconductivity, but maybe still a breakthrough.
Anyone who knows better want to weigh in?
I thought this was a good article setting out what we know so far in layman's terms.
https://www.theverge.com/23820077/lk-99-supercondu...
https://www.theverge.com/23820077/lk-99-supercondu...
MiniMan64 said:
Super Sonic said:
Why's this in np&e?
Especially when there are already 2 threads running in Science…Edited by redback911 on Friday 4th August 19:52
Aha...
Hoverboards, get your hoverboards (superconductors)
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I even did a search earlier with no matching results.
Happy for the thread to be deleted...
Hoverboards, get your hoverboards (superconductors)
https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
I even did a search earlier with no matching results.
Happy for the thread to be deleted...
redback911 said:
This could be a big deal if it works at room temperature and in ambient pressure. If it proves to be correct then the implications and applications are profound. Run an electric current through a loop of this superconducting wire and it might cycle forever as it wouldn't lose any energy due to heat.
New superconductor frenzy seems too super to be true
https://www.ft.com/content/3e76f8a1-cc4a-4794-82eb...
Synthesis of possible room temperature superconductor LK-99:Pb9Cu(PO4)6O
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16402
The answer is literally in your first link. New superconductor frenzy seems too super to be true
https://www.ft.com/content/3e76f8a1-cc4a-4794-82eb...
Synthesis of possible room temperature superconductor LK-99:Pb9Cu(PO4)6O
https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.16402
Edited by redback911 on Friday 4th August 19:52
lizardbrain said:
If it is the real deal, and i understand chances are still slim,
What is the earliest the bods would realistically confirm it is real (i guess, meaning commercially viable )
When is the earliest timeline it would have impact on our actual lives?
10/20/30 years? Who knows? Look at Graphene - the last wonder material discovered - which incredibly simple (it's made up of a single element) & is relatively easy to make - it was first made using a reel of Sellotape. We are still looking for a way to get it into practical applications.What is the earliest the bods would realistically confirm it is real (i guess, meaning commercially viable )
When is the earliest timeline it would have impact on our actual lives?
redback911 said:
Well, I checked Science! and there was no thread when I posted - there is now. Various mainstream articles exist on this topic (including Economist and Financial Times), so it seemed like News, at least to me. Apologies if I have triggered you guys.
Not triggered, just curious, especially now you say you checked Science!, so you think it's a science subject but post in npe lolEdited by redback911 on Friday 4th August 19:52
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