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The two Chinese labs working on replicating LK-99 appear to have found a room-temperature superconductor at ambient pressure. (arxiv.org)
submitted 7 months ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@lemmygrad.ml
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Here's what's different from last time:

  • it's more like "room temperature" than room temperature, the paper says 250K which is -23 C.

  • it has already replicated, with two separate labs in China confirming the results.

  • The chemical difference appears to be that this thing has sulphur where LK-99 did not.

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[–] KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The nice thing about this, if it's true, obviously, isn't even so much about the SC they found but the possibiliy of a true room temperature SC with a similar chemical makeup. It would be quite nice if we can have a good SC for power transmission, or anything else really, by the end of the year.

I wonder how this could change the world.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 7 months ago (3 children)

If this stuff is confirmed, I really do think it would be world changing. One big application would actually be nuclear fusion. That's the most game changing tech I can think of in the near future. It would basically mean unlimited clean energy.

[–] KrasnaiaZvezda@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Another one is sensors that could be cheap and extremely precise. Their applications could range from being used inside nuclear fusion reactors, to finally make them possible or at least make them more efficient, to medical and space needs.

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 7 months ago

For sure, there are limitless possibilities here and a whole bunch of tech that will be possible that nobody has even thought of yet.

[–] Imnecomrade@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Damn, we may be entering a "Fusion Era" sooner than expected.

Obligatory Jonathan Coulton

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 7 months ago

a classic :)