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>In almost all applications of superconductors, they don't use high-temperature ones for one simple reason: Material properties. The problem is that this is no
by scythe 3y ago
>In almost all applications of superconductors, they don't use high-temperature ones for one simple reason: Material properties.
The problem is that this is not true anymore. It was true when I was in high school. Modern methods of manufacturing cuprate superconductors have been applied to the largest-scale projects:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holbrook_Superconductor_Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holbrook_Superconductor_Projec...
https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000075557/4402937 https://publikationen.bibliothek.kit.edu/1000075557/4402937
https://indico.cern.ch/event/775529/contributions/3309887/attachments/1828600/2993908/Minervini_HTS-for-Fusion-WAMHTS-5.pdf https://indico.cern.ch/event/775529/contributions/3309887/at...
- qayxc 3y agoAll these use metallic (or ceramic-like with metallic properties) super conductors, though. That was the point: the material properties. If it's not metallic or exhibiting metallic-like properties (e.g. BSCCO), the practical usefulness is limited.