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Re:First claimed successful replication of LK-99 superconduc... by galangalalgol on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:56AM (#36955360)
The energy density isn't the scary bit, the power density is. The referenced paper in that Wikipedia article indicates ~10^5 higher power density than li-ion. So while it stores 10x less energy than li-ion it dumps it so much faster. The difference between a combustion and a detonation if you will. I'm guessing the vicinity of the thing would get turned to plasma.
Re:First claimed successful replication of LK-99 superconduc... by ben_w on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @09:20AM (#36955593)
A very small and localised plasma near the normal conductors that suddenly experience a rapidly decaying magnetic field; but the total energy is still (relatively) low compared to, say, the thermal heat capacity of the air of about 1.3 kJ/K/m^3.