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Temperature was one way to change the properties to enable superconductivity, pressure now being another. So in effect we have shifted the - can we get superco
by Zenst 6y ago
Temperature was one way to change the properties to enable superconductivity, pressure now being another.
So in effect we have shifted the - can we get superconductivity at room temperature towards - can we get superconductivity at room temperature and pressure.
Whilst many will view the whole advance here is not going to make nice long wires, it does show that for some small devices, there is another avenue beyond changing just the temperature.
- ben-schaaf 6y ago> So in effect we have shifted the - can we get superconductivity at room temperature towards - can we get superconductivity at room temperature and pressure. Not really though, right? We all already own things under higher or lower pressure than normal and they can be kept that way essentially indefinitely. Light bulbs, hard drives, thermoses, etc. On the other hand keeping something below room temperature - especially really far below room temperature - takes constant work. In theory you could make a cable that keeps the conductive material under high pressure, but you're probably not going to have any luck attaching an air-conditioning unit to your cables.