Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!ukc!hrc63!hughes From: hughes@hrc63.co.uk (Andrew C. Hughes) Newsgroups: sci.research Subject: Re: Room Temperature Superconductors Message-ID: <158@hrc63.co.uk> Date: Fri, 1-May-87 11:08:35 EDT Article-I.D.: hrc63.158 Posted: Fri May 1 11:08:35 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 3-May-87 04:02:30 EDT References: Organization: GEC Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, England. Lines: 27 In article , bk0h#@andrew.cmu.edu (Brett Kuehner) writes: > > I've recently been hearing about assorted developments in "Room Temperature" > superconductors. Does anyone have any hard information on them (operating > temperature, electrical characteristics, etc) or pointers to this > information? As you probably already know there has been great leaps forward in "high temperature" superconductors in the last few months. Superconductors now exist at around 90K which is above the boiling point of nitrogen and hence potentially extremely practical. However, in the last few weeks I have read about two claims for "near" romm temperature superconductors, one eminating from USSR and I cannot remember where the other was from. According to an article I was reading in a British Computer rag (Computer Weekly, April 23) these claims have not been substantiated but there is considerable progress being made towards higher temperature superconductors. Anyone know anything else about this? Could revolutionise many different fields. Fusion reactors this century ???? Andrew Hughes UUCP: ..!seismo!mcvax!ukc!a.gec-mrc.co.uk!hughes ARPA: hughes%a.gec-mrc.co.uk@ucl-cs.ac.uk