07 Mar '12 20:44>
I found this news of a room temperature superconductor that is 4 months old:
http://www.superconductors.org/28c_rtsc.htm
According to this, a room temperature superconductor (with the formula of (Tl5Pb2)Ba2Mg2Cu9O17+ ) has been made. But the problem is that I think I may be missing something here because, if this is true, why on earth have I not heard anything about it on the news on TV? I mean, surely this would be a massive scientific breakthrough more than worthy for the news? I presume there’s a catch?
Has the catch got something to do with one thing the link it says which is:
“...Unfortunately, like the 18C superconductor discovered in March 2011, these transitions occurred in a noisy environment, suggesting the volume fraction is very low. ...”
?
I don't know what the technical jargon in the above means. What does “ noisy environment” mean in the above and what is “the volume fraction “?
anyone?
http://www.superconductors.org/28c_rtsc.htm
According to this, a room temperature superconductor (with the formula of (Tl5Pb2)Ba2Mg2Cu9O17+ ) has been made. But the problem is that I think I may be missing something here because, if this is true, why on earth have I not heard anything about it on the news on TV? I mean, surely this would be a massive scientific breakthrough more than worthy for the news? I presume there’s a catch?
Has the catch got something to do with one thing the link it says which is:
“...Unfortunately, like the 18C superconductor discovered in March 2011, these transitions occurred in a noisy environment, suggesting the volume fraction is very low. ...”
?
I don't know what the technical jargon in the above means. What does “ noisy environment” mean in the above and what is “the volume fraction “?
anyone?