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Navy files for patent on room-temperature superconductor
A scientist working for the U.S. Navy has filed for a patent on a room-temperature superconductor, representing a potential paradigm shift in energy transmission and computer systems.
Salvatore Cezar Pais is listed as the inventor on the Navy's patent application made public by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday.
The application claims that a room-temperature superconductor can be built using a wire with an insulator core and an aluminum PZT (lead zirconate titanate) coating deposited by vacuum evaporation with a thickness of the London penetration depth and polarized after deposition.
An electromagnetic coil is circumferentially positioned around the coating such that when the coil is activated with a pulsed current, a non-linear vibration is induced, enabling room temperature superconductivity.
"This concept enables the transmission of electrical power without any losses and exhibits optimal thermal management (no heat dissipation)," according to the patent document, "which leads to the design and development of novel energy generation and harvesting devices with enormous benefits to civilization."
(Score: 4, Informative) by takyon on Sunday February 24 2019, @06:00PM (6 children)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_penetration_depth [wikipedia.org]
Several kilometers? No, 50 to 500 nanometers, typically.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by Gaaark on Sunday February 24 2019, @08:18PM (1 child)
Damn, thought that was a James Bond sex thing!
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 24 2019, @10:21PM
So? Still 50 to 500 nano penetration.
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Monday February 25 2019, @12:14AM (1 child)
Can I get that figure in football fields?
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Monday February 25 2019, @03:40PM
If I work my quackulator correctfully, 50 nanometers would be 4.556725x10-10 football fields. (with 1 football field being 120 yards. I had to google how long a football field was. Yes, really.)
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Monday February 25 2019, @01:20AM (1 child)
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday February 25 2019, @02:14AM
What else is new?
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