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minus-square🧟♂️ Cadaverlinkfedilink14•1 year agoThe only drawback is that LK-99 is polycristalline… Levitating trains and computers, electronics, are a stretch as long as the material is not monocristalline. It is huge nethertheless.
minus-square🧟♂️ Cadaverlinkfedilink14•1 year agoELI5 : Think of the material as a powder. You can compress the powder and make current flows though it. It’s good for wiring, etc. But to have an application in electronics, it would have to be like a metal, which it can’t be since it’s a powder
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•1 year agoMetals are usually polycrystalline. Not sure what you’re trying to say.
The only drawback is that LK-99 is polycristalline… Levitating trains and computers, electronics, are a stretch as long as the material is not monocristalline.
It is huge nethertheless.
ELI5?
ELI5 :
Think of the material as a powder. You can compress the powder and make current flows though it. It’s good for wiring, etc.
But to have an application in electronics, it would have to be like a metal, which it can’t be since it’s a powder
Metals are usually polycrystalline. Not sure what you’re trying to say.