Re:General Fusion to build demonstration plant in UK
by gentleman11 on Friday June 18, 2021 @12:27PM
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What do we use it for? Isn’t it non reactive?
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Re:General Fusion to build demonstration plant in UK
by willis936 on Friday June 18, 2021 @12:48PM
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It's most valuable use is as a cryogenic. If you want sub 10K there are very few materials to choose from.
The lower the temperature, the higher your critical current is for a given superconductor. The reason HTS are a big deal isn't that you can have a superconductor at liquid nitrogen temperatures, but that you can have a very high field at liquid helium temperatures.