An inventor, Joe Eck, who runs
the superconductors.org website,
claims to have found a copper-oxide
compound that is not only
superconductive, but shows signs
of superconductivity at room
temperature - the potential
“Holy Grail” of science, reports
Pure Energy Systems News.
Eck’s report states that the signs of
a material going into a super conductive
state are a sudden drop in resistance
all the way to zero ohms, and strong
diamagnetism (the Meissner effect)
being exhibited at around the same
temperature. Eck claims he was able
to repeatedly achieve both of these
signs of superconductivity using a small
amount of the compound (Tl
5
Pb
2
)
Ba
2
Mg
2
Cu
9
O
17
+ (a copper oxide with a
magnesium atom added). He believes
the results were clear and unambiguous.
The material was not cooled to
obtain the superconducting effect.
Instead of taking place at a very
low temperature, it took place
at 28.5° Celsius, or 83.3 ° Fahrenheit -
an above-room-temperature
superconductor, as room temperature
is around 73ºF.
This technology is not yet ready for
commercialization as the “volume
fraction” is very low, meaning that
only some of the material in the sample
being tested is superconducting.
It is possible that there are impurities
in the tested sample. Eck explains that
a method of refinement would have
to be developed for this compound
to be commercialized.
Room
temperature
superconductor
claims
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