The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor may have been developed.
According to the authors, the LK-99 material can be prepared in about 34 hrs with extremely basic lab equipment (a mortar & pestle, basic vacuum, and furnace). These results could be replicated within days or weeks.
Superconductivity would be a game changer in a lot of areas. 🧵
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Ngl the whole thing seems kinda sus to me
The fabrication process feels almost too simple to be true
The highest temperature superconductors before this were very hard to prepare compounds where crystals have to deposited with very specialised techniques
And these guys were able to produce this massive breakthrough like this?
The way they explain the reason for room temperature superconductivity doesn't seem particularly convincing as well
Hmm apparently theres a 3rd paper besides the 2 on arxiv thats much more detailed and is peered reviewed but its in korean and not yet translated
Guess we'll find out soon enough
Either a giant breakthrough or a giant hoax either way its gonna be interesting
And if this doesn't pan out we still have aliens
No you see, the aliens gave us the superconductor tech