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Re:Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Meets with Resi... by _a_a_a_ on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @01:52PM (#35073161)
I understand that but it sort of dodges the issue that such enormous pressures must exceed the strength of any material, however small that pressure is contained in.
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Re:Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Meets with Resi... by jjk166 on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @04:13PM (#35074803)
The compressive strength of typical diamond is about 470 GPa, so no this is very well within the strength of the material. The current record for highest compression achieved in a lab is 770 GPa using a special form of diamond.
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Re:Room-Temperature Superconductor Discovery Meets with Resi... by _a_a_a_ on Wednesday March 08, 2023 @05:52PM (#35075901)
Note to silent downvoters, this is what an answer looks like.

(Thanks jjk166)

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