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Re:A predicted superconductor might work at a record-breakin... by wwosik on Friday August 30, 2019 @08:07AM (#20837745)
What's risky about heating hydrogen, magnesium and lithium and squeezing them hard together? Apart from any addition of oxygen blowing out the building?
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Re:A predicted superconductor might work at a record-breakin... by JulianMorrison on Friday August 30, 2019 @08:16AM (#20837796)
At that pressure, any crack in the containment would have a blast radius. Even before the subsequent thermobaric explosion.
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Re:A predicted superconductor might work at a record-breakin... by jarfil on Friday August 30, 2019 @08:22AM (#20837825)
Depends on how much it compresses and can expand when breached. The blast radius from uncompressible liquids like water is close to zero no matter the pressure, a metal shouldn't be much different.
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