SUPERCONDUCTORS!!!

Allan_ecker · Post by **Allan_ecker** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 8:26 am

Holy crap! They're up to 171 Kelvins! There are superconductors that might even be CREATING EXTRA GRAVITY!!!(Of course it'd take a MIRACLE for that to do anything real.)(Kind of like... Semiconductors, hmmmm?)
<A HREF="http://www.superconductors.org" TARGET=_blank>www.superconductors.org</A>

TwoDifferentSox · Post by **TwoDifferentSox** » Mon Jan 14, 2002 11:09 am

Only 171 Kelvin? (well, "only" would be the wrong word, that's already quite cold)
Weird, I thought I could recall it's already gotten lower...need to find this science magazin when I get home later (am at work right now), I think it was said in there.

Allan_ecker · Post by **Allan_ecker** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 7:28 am

Only IS the right word, when you consider it was only about ten years ago that they were stuck at 50. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/tongue.gif">

Alfador · Post by **Alfador** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 8:45 am

Yes, the problem has been getting superconductors to do their thing at HIGHER temperatures, not lower. Many things will superconduct if you bring them close to absolute zero.------------------
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TwoDifferentSox · Post by **TwoDifferentSox** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 9:32 am

Then the point was how high they managed to raise the temperature?
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Oh...my fault then, I guess...

Alfador · Post by **Alfador** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:27 am

Yes, because most superconductors don't superconduct EXCEPT at extremely low temperatures.------------------
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Allan_ecker · Post by **Allan_ecker** » Tue Jan 15, 2002 10:30 am

See, NOW they make superconductors out of FREAKY WEIRD stuff, using intuition as much as insight, guesswork as much as glasswork!It's all on the website. The formulas of many different kinds of superconductors, including the current reccord holder, are listed.

TOS · Post by **TOS** » Wed Jan 16, 2002 9:35 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by allan_ecker:
See, NOW they make superconductors out of FREAKY WEIRD stuff, using intuition as much as insight, guesswork as much as glasswork...<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Hmmm... I can list a bunch of freaky weird stuff that dosen't superconduct... (Peanut butter and and old lamp chord just makes a terrible mess.) But that is neither here nor there...What I can't wait for is a number of years down the road, but imagine this anyway... A 512 bit quantum computer with a superconductive mainboard. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/biggrin.gif"> Just hope that they have modems beyond 56K by then.OT Side Note: IBM has already developed and demonstrated a quantum computer that factored 15 down to 5 and 3. While that may not sound like much, the proven ability to control and utilize a quantum state was mere theory until recently, and it only gets better from here!-TOS