2023-08-03 19:12:52
By Marc Cherki
Posted 3 hours ago, Updated 3 hours ago
For energy distribution there could be considerable gains. brianguest – stock.adobe.com
Transport, energy, medicine, research and IT could be disrupted.
Prestigious researchers are intoxicated by the possible applications of LK-99, if it turns out that it is indeed a superconducting material at room temperature, capable of passing electric current without resistance. « It would be wonderful ! A revolution for materials if this turns out to be true »asserts Jean-Marie Tarascon, professor at the Collège de France, who had worked on so-called “high temperature” ceramics, as early as 1986, when superconductors cooled in liquid nitrogen were discovered, much more accessible than those which must be with liquid helium.
« Everything is allowed ! », adds the scientist. In the transports, « magnetic levitation trains can be considered », he explains. Maglev already exists in Japan and China. But its performance remains expensive to cool the superconductors in the rail and those on board the train, to keep it levitating and to propel it.
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