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Scandium superconducts at the highest temperature for a pure element

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    disk
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    Key points: Superconductivity reached at a (relatively high) minus 23 degrees Celsius Still requires immensely high pressure (150-170 gigapascals) Study conducted at Argonne Photon Source No...

    Key points:

    • Superconductivity reached at a (relatively high) minus 23 degrees Celsius
    • Still requires immensely high pressure (150-170 gigapascals)
    • Study conducted at Argonne Photon Source
    • No expelling of magnetic fields observed
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      nacho
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      These seem to be very similar conditions to superconducting Lanthanum decahydride that seemingly also superconducts at around 150-170 GPa at around -23 Celsius. I have no idea what that means or...

      These seem to be very similar conditions to superconducting Lanthanum decahydride that seemingly also superconducts at around 150-170 GPa at around -23 Celsius.

      I have no idea what that means or suggests about the tests themselves, if anything, but there we are

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      1. disk
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        That is a funny coincidence, I was expecting slightly different behaviour given that this new study utilised pure scandium, but that is very odd indeed

        That is a funny coincidence, I was expecting slightly different behaviour given that this new study utilised pure scandium, but that is very odd indeed

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