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That graphic isn't saying there's a shortcut, it's basically saying that physicists need to work harder and try many many many many more materials than they do.
by sudosysgen 3y ago
That graphic isn't saying there's a shortcut, it's basically saying that physicists need to work harder and try many many many many more materials than they do. Not quite trial and error since the classes of materials should be informed by some theory, but far more - multiple thousands per individual.
- bluerooibos 3y agoHe states it took 1000 attempts with two steps in the process requiring a "stroke of luck". This doesn't sound like it's going to be easy to replicate or verify.
- sudosysgen 3y agoThe fourth step, chromatography, ensures that every height on the test film is a consistent compound, from then on you'd figure out which compound that it is, and reproduce it separately and retest it, which is what they claim to have done.
- malwarebytess 3y agoThat's the search for materials he's talking about, not 1000 attempts and 2 strokes of luck to synthesize the identified "superconductor."