• Rapidcreek@reddthat.com
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      How big kinda depends…

      The two limits on superconductor performance are:

      • How much current it can carry
      • How much magnetic field it can withstand

      It will soon go to National Labs to establish those parameters

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        From what I understand, even if the current and magnetic field of this superconductor are low, it has:

        1. Identified a process for creating new superconductive materials
        2. Proven that ambient temperature and pressure superconductors are possible
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          1. The original finding was written by experienced chemists, not physicists. There are some problems where solutions are searched for in the wrong directions.
          2. Our current generation of YCBO-based high-temperature superconductors started out as low-field, low-current, highly strain-sensitive, and over 30+ years of engineering development, these now carry >1000 amps/mm^2 in fields as high as 10T (although these numbers trade off against each other). It’s a matter of time.
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          I guess you could say that even if it has low electric and magnetic capacity it still will have a giant impact on industry. But not all industries.