{"id":1179544,"date":"2023-09-06T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1179544"},"modified":"2023-09-06T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T19:47:00","slug":"the-room-temperature-superconductor-that-wasnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1179544","title":{"rendered":"The room-temperature superconductor that wasn\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-530299927-800x533-1.jpg\" alt=\"Image of a gold-colored cube floating in a foggy environment above a grey metal plate.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/GettyImages-530299927.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1414\" data-width=\"2121\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> Levitation like this will apparently continue to require extremely cold temperatures for now. (credit: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"caption-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/photo\/levitation-royalty-free-image\/530299927?phrase=superconductor&amp;adppopup=true\">ClaudeLux<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The summer of room-temperature superconductivity was short-lived. It started with some manuscripts placed on the arXiv toward the end of July, which purportedly described how to synthesize a compound called LK-99, which would act as a superconductor at temperatures above the boiling point of water. High enough that, if its synthesis and material properties worked out, it could allow us to replace metals with superconductors in a huge range of applications.<\/p>\n<p>Confusion quickly followed, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2023\/08\/whats-going-on-with-the-reports-of-a-room-temperature-superconductor\/\">nature of the chemical involved<\/a> made it difficult to know when you were looking at the behavior of LK-99 and when you were looking at related chemicals or even impurities.<\/p>\n<p>But the materials science community responded remarkably quickly. By the end of August, pure samples had been prepared, the role of impurities explored, and a strong consensus had developed: LK-99 was not a superconductor. Best yet, the work nicely provided explanations for why it had behaved a bit like one in a number of situations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1965900#p3\">Read 15 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1965900&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Ars Technica &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=1965900\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The room-temperature superconductor that wasn\u2019t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ Levitation like this will apparently continue to require extremely cold temperatures for now. (credit: ClaudeLux) The summer of room-temperature superconductivity was short-lived. 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