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REBCO was discovered in the 80s and we're only now rolling tapes into production. HTS are a game changer for what humans can do and yet it still took 40 years
by willis936 5y ago
REBCO was discovered in the 80s and we're only now rolling tapes into production. HTS are a game changer for what humans can do and yet it still took 40 years from discovery to first industrial use.
- sagarm 5y agoREBCO = rare earth barium copper oxide HTS = high temperature superconductor Apparently we can now make tapes of REBCO, which is a high temperature superconductor. The primary intended application is fusion research? Why wouldn't this be broadly useful?
- willis936 5y agoMost industries consider LTS fields good enough for their application and don't consider the investment into HTS worthwhile. If an MRI works at 6 T then why would they want to spend 2-3x as much for a 20 T field? You might get a better product but you'll price yourself out of the market. Similar logic for NMR, gyrotrons, etc. Every application that I can think of that uses LTS would benefit from HTS. Hopefully as supply chains are established and economies of scale kick in for HTS the price will go down.