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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  • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    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

    • CliffordBigRedDog [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      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