Lanthanum strontium copper oxide, but is it Gold-Pressed??? wait, never mind...
Posted on 08/21/2019 3:40:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Because this is a bunch of talk that goes way above what most people can understand and then in the end there is admission that if may all amount to noting in the practical sense.
At the U of A the researchers didn’t use ventilators with rat poison elements.
A problem with this technique is that the resulting compound must have the right ratio of atoms — in the case of the yttrium-barium-copper-oxide, the magic ratio is 1-2-3-4. Another problem is the toxicity of some elements. One superconducting compound broke all temperature records, but it contained the highly poisonous element thallium, used in rat-poisons. Some researchers were scared to try to make the compound, because of toxicity.
Is this a step towards nuclear fusion (as opposed to fission)? If so that is really really cool.
Oh, it is, isn't it? I did that a couple of weeks ago, which is not that different to my shaky old remembery.
Fusion is unrelated (IMHO, I guess we'll all find out together) -- but if ambient temperature superconductivity can be achieved and practical, the effective generating capacity will roughly triple once the grid is replaced with the new material.
Lanthanum strontium copper oxide, but is it Gold-Pressed??? wait, never mind...
You may find interest in the publications of Professor Leif Holmlid of the University of Gothenberg. Unfortunately, his medical issues have limited further contributions toward an alternative form of laser initiated fusion of ultra-dense deuterium.
I’ll look into his work, thanks.
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