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Re:LK-99 isn’t a superconductor – how science sleuths solved... by feralderyl on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @05:50PM (#37154375)
Has anyone ever worked out a "proof" that a room temperature/ambient pressure superconductor can even be made? Like is there a formula or something that can be pointed to that says, according to everything we know its even possible?
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Re:LK-99 isn’t a superconductor – how science sleuths solved... by spott on Wednesday August 16, 2023 @06:12PM (#37154578)
No. We don’t understand superconductivity well enough to even attempt something like that.

I think we can say that some of the current superconductor mechanisms don’t allow it at room temperature, but we don’t have enough of an overarching theory of superconductivity to say something like that more generally.

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