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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by Maxion on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @02:10PM (#36866804)
The synthesis section honestly looks very simple, I would assume a simple ceramic kiln could be used?

You just need PbO, PbSO4, Cu, and P powders.

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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by foxhill on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @03:16PM (#36867872)
kiln materials are listed, too

not that i think it matters that much. the paper doesn’t indicate that synthesis is a particularly sensitive step.

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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by aden1ne on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @04:57PM (#36869412)
The powdered lead seems like something you need to be careful with tho. Quite toxic.
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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by civilitty on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @07:54PM (#36871339)
No more or less toxic than the powders used to hand mix oil paints. Just buy a fume hood off ebay.
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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by cosmojg on Thursday July 27, 2023 @11:25PM (#36902841)
P powders are tightly regulated in the States, but alas,that's where I live. How many matchbooks does one need to purchase to replicate this study?
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