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ELI5, can someone please. This stuff is over my head (what I'm looking at, ramifications, etc) I'm also confused because I see conflicting things (e.g. "room

• sebzim4500 3y ago
  >what I'm looking at, ramifications, etc) It's showing a sample of something that might be partially a superconductor (as in, one side of it might be superconducting and one side might not be). It's probably not a complete superconductor, since it would be floating if it was. Some people are saying it's a very weird magnet. If it's a superconductor then this could be comparable in impact to the development of the transistor. As in, it won't change things overnight but in 50 years people will look back at it as the beginning of a new era of technology. >I see conflicting things (e.g. "room temperature" but video says "500C"). I think the 500C refers to the manufacturing process, not the current temperature. >Also, is this real or fake? I've seen comments on both. The video is almost certainly real, but it may not show a superconductor. The risk isn't intentional fraud, it's just hard to tell with these small, impure samples.
• Loic 3y ago
  500°C/min cool. This is the cooling rate. It should be written 500K/min. He explains that he had no data about the cooling rate from the original paper and as such is going to test several rates.
  • refulgentis 3y ago
    K has same dimension as C, K = C + 273.15