Miassite is a mineral made of rhodium and sulfur, with the stoichometric formula Rh
17S
15, which is a superconductor and an unconventional superconductor. Naturally occurring miassite is too brittle, so it is made in a lab for superconductor research. [1]
Its ability to be an unconventional superconductor was discovered at Ames National Laboratory in 2024. [2]
Miassite, covellite, parkerite, and palladseite, occur in nature, and are also made in labs as superconductors. Miassite is the only one found to also have unconventional superconductivity. [3]
References edit
- ^ "A Superconductor Found in Nature Has Rocked the Scientific World". Popular Mechanics. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ "Scientists reveal the first unconventional superconductor that can be found in mineral form in nature". MSN.
- ^ "A Superconductor Found in Nature Has Rocked the Scientific World". Popular Mechanics. 2024-03-19. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
External links edit
- Kim, Hyunsoo; Tanatar, Makariy A.; Kończykowski, Marcin; Grasset, Romain; Kaluarachchi, Udhara S.; Teknowijoyo, Serafim; Cho, Kyuil; Sapkota, Aashish; Wilde, John M.; Krogstad, Matthew J.; Bud’ko, Sergey L.; Brydon, Philip M. R.; Canfield, Paul C.; Prozorov, Ruslan (17 February 2024). "Nodal superconductivity in miassite Rh17S15". Communications Materials. 5 (1). doi:10.1038/s43246-024-00456-w.
- http://www.webmineral.com/data/Miassite.shtml
- https://www.mindat.org/min-7250.html