Timeline for Are room temperature superconductors theoretically possible, and through what mechanism?
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| Nov 23, 2016 at 16:15 | comment | added | DMPalmer | Neutron star material is expected to be superconducting (and superfluid) even at typical neutron star temperatures, of order a billion degrees. There are engineering problems with using this for some applications. | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 9:38 | comment | added | Luaan | @LorenPechtel Yes, but that's not the point here. The OP isn't asking for the cheapest superconductor, just the one with the highest critical temperature - or really, if there even is a physical limit or not. Even if it took enough pressure to form a neutron star, it would be a great answer :) | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 7:53 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | Maintaining the pressure for metallic hydrogen is probably harder than maintaining the cooling for something ordinary. | |
| Nov 23, 2016 at 3:45 | history | answered | Count Iblis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |