From: Damien Broderick (d.broderick@english.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Fri Aug 31 2001 - 22:47:21 MDT
http://www.msnbc.com/news/621890.asp
SCIENTISTS AT Lucent
Technologies' Bell Labs report that
they achieved superconductivity
with carbon-60 at a temperature of
about minus-249 degrees Fahrenheit
(117 degrees Kelvin) by combining the
carbon molecules with two chemical
compounds, chloroform and
bromoform.
This mixture substantially raises
the temperature at which carbon-60
can achieve superconductivity.
Previous experiments by the Bell Labs
group had shown that carbon-60
mixed with other chemicals could
superconduct at minus-366 degrees F
(52 degrees K).
A report on the research appears
Friday in the journal Science.
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