Superconductor breakthroughs abound: some like it hot

hanelyp · Post by **hanelyp** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:39 pm

via http://www.transterrestrial.com/archive ... l_bre.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... t-hot.html

Outlines the discovery of a new fluorine iron arsenide based class of high temperature superconductors.

Keegan · Post by **Keegan** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:26 am

Thanks, nice article

Theses are exciting times for SC. So much going on.

Paul Dietz left some good points.

Professor Science · Post by **Professor Science** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 2:09 pm

What needs to be done is take a honking big array of superconductors, with attributes like geometry, critical temperature, critical field, and characteristics of a whole bunch of other sorts. take that data and try and find patterns, come up with at least 5 different schemes that relate the different properties and then try coming up with new data points using these schemes, they should then be testable by trying to synthesize a new superconductor, if it fits the scheme in all the measured ways, keep making until you have something higher than room temp, if not, try again until you find a pattern that works.

problems with method: pattern is likely to be poly-dimensional in nature, dependant on bonding nature, element electronegativity, geometry and a slew of other properties.

gblaze42 · Post by **gblaze42** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 3:14 pm

Professor Science wrote:
problems with method: pattern is likely to be poly-dimensional in nature, dependant on bonding nature, element electronegativity, geometry and a slew of other properties.

Considering that the phonon theory of super-conduction doesn't seem to fit, ya you can say there's allot more to it.