Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by Filligree on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:22AM
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"Beam of light shooting the heavens" value of "interesting", yes. Though I suppose it would look like a small tactical nuke in effect.
Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
by jacquesm on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @06:25PM
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No, at the breach it will just burn up until the arc dissipates. But it will be an impressive fireworks display. A superconductor is in the end just another conductor, it has a well defined current carrying capacity while superconducting and if it stops doing that then that current will suddenly see an increased resistance, how much current is moving through it at the time it failes determines how fast and how violent it burns out when it goes, but it won't be unlike another transmission line failure. Those are still very impressive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zib4IV2TIg
It stays lit until the breaker goes at 3:57.
That does make for an interesting failure mode if anything should every cause a small spot on a longer conductor to reach that temperature...