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		marshray on Aug 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A room-temperature superconductor? New development... Oh, definintely! Most materials are diamagnetic, but only very weakly so. I think that a new room-temperature material that was so strongly diamagnetic that it could lift the weight of its own volume in lead probably would bring some interesting new applications.

crooked-v on Aug 1, 2023 [–]

For example, anything with a bearing in it used in an application where it's safe to have a strong permanent magnet.

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