The First Public Replication of Low-Kelvin 99 Material in the USA
Category Space Sunday - August 6 2023, 21:16 UTC - 1 year ago Andrew McCalip and Varda have achieved a milestone in the research related to superconductors by replicating the Low-Kelvin 99 Material in the USA and they seem to have had some partial success. They think this has opened up is a new class of superconductors and a path to useful room temperature superconductors which could lead to commercial room temperature superconductors. Varda is also working on manufacturing in space.
Andrew McCalip and Varda had all of the equipment to replicate and used about $500 in material. They seem to be the first in the USA to have a public replication with some partial reported success. They do not have the equipment to characterize the material. They have given it to USC to analyze.
They think this has opened up is a new class of superconductors. They made 400 grams of material but only 1 or 2 milligrams had the desired properties. They think it is a path to useful room temperature superconductor.
They don’t think LK99 will be the commercial room temperature superconductor but it is in the ballpark of a commercial room temperature superconductor.
Varda is working on manufacturing in space.
They have a video of the final product seems to be showing some success. It will be further analyzed.
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