Some excerpts from online articles about implications of LK-99 (room temperature, ambient pressure superconductor):
“If the 20th century was the century of semi-conductors, the 21st can become the century of the superconductor.” - MAZHAR ALI
Discovery of “impossible” superconductor promises 100x faster electronics
“Because the resistance of a superconductor is zero, if a current is applied to a superconducting loop, the current will persist forever unless the loop is broken. This phenomenon can be used in various applications to make large permanent magnets.”
“Room-temperature superconductors would enable ultra high-speed digital interconnects for next-generation computers and low-latency broadband wireless communications. They would also enable high-resolution imaging techniques and emerging sensors for biomedical and security applications, materials and structure analyses, and deep-space radio astrophysics.
Room-temperature superconductors would mean MRIs could become much less expensive to operate because they would not require liquid helium coolant, which is expensive and in short supply. Electrical power grids would be at least 20% more power efficient than today’s grids, resulting in billions of dollars saved per year” - Fast Company
- Much less expensive MRIs
- Longer distance, lower cost maglev trains
- Much faster electronics
- 300-400x faster computers (phones etc…)
- Potentially quantum computers in our pockets
“Here are some potential applications and impacts.
1. Power Transmission: Superconductors can carry electrical current without any loss due to resistance. This would make power transmission extremely efficient, potentially revolutionizing our electrical grid and reducing energy waste.
2. Magnetic Levitation (Maglev) Trains: With room-temperature superconductors, the construction and operation of maglev trains would become much more practical and cost-effective. These trains could travel at very high speeds with minimal energy usage.
3. Medical Technology: High-quality, more efficient MRI machines and other medical imaging devices could be developed since they rely on superconducting magnets.
4. Quantum Computing: Superconductors are already key to certain types of quantum computers (like those built by IBM and Google), but these currently have to be cooled to extremely low temperatures. Room-temperature superconductors would make quantum computers more practical, potentially accelerating the development of this powerful new technology.
5. Energy Storage: Superconductors can be used to create high-capacity, efficient energy storage systems, known as superconducting magnetic energy storage (SMES) systems. These could play a vital role in a renewable energy future.
6. Scientific Research: Many scientific instruments and experiments (for example, those in particle physics) could be made more efficient and easier to run with room-temperature superconductors.
Essentially, any machine, device, or process which is reliant upon electricity or is hampered by friction stands to benefit tremendously from both a functional and efficiency standpoint.
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“The LK-99 is a very useful material for the study of superconductivity puzzles at room temperature. All evidence and explanation lead that LK-99 is the first room-temperature and ambient-pressure superconductor. The LK-99 has many possibilities for various applications such as magnet, motor, cable, levitation train, power cable, qubit for a quantum computer, THz Antennas, etc. We believe that our new development will be a brand-new historical event that opens a new era for humankind”
