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I wonder if the cross section area of the superconductor is relevant. If it is not then it could conceivably be enclosed inside a carbon nanotube to hold its pr
by davidhyde 7y ago
I wonder if the cross section area of the superconductor is relevant. If it is not then it could conceivably be enclosed inside a carbon nanotube to hold its pressure. A carbon nanotube can hold about 620,000 atmospheres of pressure. Not quite 2.5 million but maybe another substance can be found that can superconduct at a lower pressure. Perhaps multi-walled tubes could be made. I'm sure someone has already thought about this though.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube#Mechanical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube#Mechanical
- Calloutman 7y agoIt's been a long time since I learnt this, so I may be misremembering, but superconductors have a current saturation limit. You can only pass so much current.
- Geee 7y agoIt doesn't even have to be nanotube? Just regular diamond tube or something else that can hold the pressure. Maybe it could be done in the same way diamonds are made, just put the superconducting stuff inside first.
- dagw 7y agoThe pressures we're talking about here are almost 2 orders of magnitude more than what is used to make diamonds.
- Geee 7y agoThey use diamond anvils to create the required pressures though. I wonder if it's somehow possible to lock these kind of molecules or other stuff inside an unbroken diamond carbon lattice and what would happen.