My knowledge of materials science is scant at best, but isn't LH quite a bit colder than LN? I just remember running equipment at my college we used LN to keep LH cold.
Besides an absolute pain to store and work with, helium is also usually gathered as a byproduct of natural gas which is not a resource China possesses in particular abundance.
My knowledge of materials science is scant at best, but isn't LH quite a bit colder than LN? I just remember running equipment at my college we used LN to keep LH cold.
Thing is we're running out of helium.
Besides an absolute pain to store and work with, helium is also usually gathered as a byproduct of natural gas which is not a resource China possesses in particular abundance.
Basically, China is choosing to work with the most Proletariat of the Nobel gasses.
Chad Nitrogen: 78% of the atmosphere.
Virgin Helium: Floats off into space.
Musk is Helium confirmed
Nitrogen isn’t a noble gas…
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If you use REBCO magnets you don't need the Cold of LH so LN is good, and also LN is way cheaper and renewable