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Based on our current data LK99 isn't a replacement for helium cooled superconductors for the same reason YBCO and similar aren't - critical current/critical magnetic field aren't in the right ranges for what we need out of MRI machines.

I do think it's too early to say one way or the other what all of this ends up looking like, so we might find that purer/larger samples have better properties than what was measured so far, or the discovery puts us on the trail of other RTAPS in the same class that might be better for these purposes.



Correction: YBCO and other REBCO can get up to the needed magnetic field strength, other issues are the reasons it's not a good candidate for MRI machines - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5472374/

(Too late for me to edit)


I never claimed LK99 had the properties needed for MRIs, the question I was answering was "how will the world change with room temperature superconductors", and my answer is valid in the context of the question.




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