Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments
by tomxor on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @12:44AM
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Presumably everything in the chain, every junction, would also need to be a pure super conductor? Anything else would be susceptible to instantly melting or vaporising.
So unless someone comes up with super conducting welding I guess that would mean no junctions.
Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments
by SomeoneFromCA on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:43AM
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Not only that, the magnetic field around the wire at 1 bln amps will be way too large. It will like pick up nails from the ground easily.
That’s a pretty high current density compared to what’s feasible with copper — don’t get me wrong — but a billion amps would still require a pretty huge cable even with a superconductor.