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> presumably what is meant here when saying ceramic Probably not. Being crystalline and being a ceramic are completely unrelated. Standard superconductors like
by kergonath 3y ago
> presumably what is meant here when saying ceramic
Probably not. Being crystalline and being a ceramic are completely unrelated. Standard superconductors like niobium-tin and niobium-titanium are crystalline metals (intermetallic alloys). The vast majority of metals are crystalline, to the point that when a company tried to make a metallic glass a couple of years ago (under the name Liquid Metal), it made quite a bit of noise.
- willis936 3y agoThat's fine but YBCO is a crystalline ceramic.
- kergonath 3y agoIndeed. With a perovskite-related structure.
- jacquesm 3y ago> to the point that when a company tried to make a metallic glass a couple of years ago (under the name Liquid Metal), it made quite a bit of noise. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidmetal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidmetal