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Re:Compact nuclear fusion reactor is 'very likely to work,' ... by hyperion2010 on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @02:27AM (#24636187)
Buried in the wiki page for YBCO is a note that REBCO is a synonym of sorts. The superconducting tapes that are discussed in the talk thus would seem to be YBCO.
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Re:Compact nuclear fusion reactor is 'very likely to work,' ... by Robotbeat on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @02:54AM (#24636289)
Yes. Re stands for "rare earth," and yttrium is probably the most common one used for ReBCO, but lanthanum is also used.
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