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Re:Evidence for superconductivity above 260 K at megabar pre... by aqme28 on Monday September 02, 2019 @01:03PM (#20860394)
I believe these experiments are run in a diamond anvil (basically two diamonds pushed together onto a point). I'm skeptical that you could make a wire at this pressure with anything else -- even all the Kevlar in the world.
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Re:Evidence for superconductivity above 260 K at megabar pre... by priansh on Monday September 02, 2019 @01:13PM (#20860470)
From what I understand this is required to create the pressure, but a sufficiently strong material may be able to maintain the pressure, although I may be incorrect.
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Re:Evidence for superconductivity above 260 K at megabar pre... by peteradio on Monday September 02, 2019 @01:36PM (#20860617)
Could the pressure be fairly neutral with current=0 and the current itself create the pressure?
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Re:Evidence for superconductivity above 260 K at megabar pre... by annogram on Monday September 02, 2019 @06:57PM (#20862324)
Yep the article itself mentions that the tests are done in the anvil
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