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Superconducting Metal Sandwich: Lithium Monoboride (LiB)

May 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment

New ‘metal sandwich’ may break superconductor record, theory suggests</a>. ‘After an exhaustive data search for new compounds, researchers at Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering have discovered a theoretical “metal sandwich” that is expected to be a good superconductor. Superconductive materials have no resistance to the flow of electric current. The new lithium monoboride (LiB) compound is a “binary alloy” consisting of two layers of boron – the “bread” of the atomic sandwich – with lithium metal “filling” in between, the researchers said. Once the material is synthesized, it should be superconductive at a higher temperature than other superconductors in its class, according to their results.’

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