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The initial cold fusion results claimed success. It will be interesting to see how all this pans out. Results will come because the materials are not exotic. O
by Sunspark 3y ago
The initial cold fusion results claimed success. It will be interesting to see how all this pans out. Results will come because the materials are not exotic.
One thing I found odd, I've read more than once that the 99 in LK-99 means 1999. Who sits on this for 24 years? Perhaps there is a misunderstanding that is being repeated?
- senttoschool 3y agoI think it was more that the original scientist started working on room temperature superconductors in 1999.
- pengaru 3y ago"working on superconducting materials again, and finally, succeeded in synthesizing a room temperature and atmospheric pressure superconductor (RTAP-SC) … named LK99 (first discovered as a trace by Dr. Lee and Dr. Kim in 1999)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LK-99#cite_note-kim-linkedin-9 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LK-99#cite_note-kim-linkedin-9
- weard_beard 3y agolk-99 is the lead-copper material used. It was developed in 1999. Think of it like LSD being invented but then 5 years later, someone spills it on their hand and trips out for 2 hours. (True Story)
- fnordpiglet 3y agoThey have claimed to do the process over 1000 times to perfect the results, starting with measuring trace super conductivity in a sample. That could explain a lag.
- rowanG077 3y agoThis seems almost super villian levels of evil if true. "We discovered the holy grail of material science and sat on it for a quarter century."