10-31-2018, 12:36 AM
Neat, here's the Nature paper for those interested:
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14964
Assuming a diamond jacket would be enough to hold the pressure (which itself would need to be enclosed in a coolant pipe to keep the temperature -70C) how would end point connectors work? unless the ends of the jacket are likewise sealed the material will explode out of either end of the pipe. Conductive filaments would need to be threaded through diamond caps without introducing too much of a flaw. Still it's very cool though and like you say uses for non-power transmission like smaller MRI machines and maybe even fusion reactors seem likely.
https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14964
Assuming a diamond jacket would be enough to hold the pressure (which itself would need to be enclosed in a coolant pipe to keep the temperature -70C) how would end point connectors work? unless the ends of the jacket are likewise sealed the material will explode out of either end of the pipe. Conductive filaments would need to be threaded through diamond caps without introducing too much of a flaw. Still it's very cool though and like you say uses for non-power transmission like smaller MRI machines and maybe even fusion reactors seem likely.
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- DNI
- Internal medical system
- A dormbot, because domestic chores suck!