Armel wrote:
And yes, the measurements have been done.
I would not call Science giving the MgB2 atomic
coordinates, already known.
Was this meant to be serious? Checking for any subtle structural changes
around Tc would be (has been?) a worthwhile investigation. Something easily
worthy of the
Knowing what the
structure does or doesn't do around the transition would be a prerequisite
to a deeper understanding of the phenomena.
We still wait for a deeper understanding of the phenomena,
since 1986, right ? And this, after thousands of characterizations.
You really think that MgB2 will
You really think that MgB2 will give more ? Maybe... just routine to do so.
Armel, it was you who asked if boron was possible with neutrons, and when
you are told that it is, you say that anyway it is borin' (excuse the pun :-)
Well, let me predict the future of the coming paper : high
If you know how to guarantee high citation levels, go to it :-)
Alan, you already occupy the place of leader of the
Group of Crystallography at ILL, the best neutron
reactor for research in the world ;-). Knowing how
cannot ensure to succeed... There are a few other
parameters to refine.
Armel
At 04:48 PM 3/29/01 +0200, you wrote:
You really think that MgB2 will give more ? Maybe... just routine to do so.
Armel, it was you who asked if boron was possible with neutrons, and when
you are told that it is, you say that anyway it is borin' (excuse the pun :-)
I hadn't realised there was
Is it really
worth trying to belittle what should turn out to be excellent science?
A serendipity case. Once more. Where is excellency exactlly,
according to you ? I repeat that excellency would be to produce
a theory which would have allowed to predict the MgB2
superconductor properties.
Is it really
worth trying to belittle what should turn out to be excellent science?
A serendipity case. Once more. Where is excellency exactlly,
according to you ? I repeat that excellency would be to produce
a theory which would have allowed to predict the MgB2
superconductor properties.
Dang... I'm glad that we didn't have to wait for excellent science to
theoretically predict penicillin for us.
Absolutely ! The whole humanity is lucky that things to be
found, whatever, are discovered times to times. Fire, the wheel,
who remember the inventors ?
But our era is lacking of
With regard to MgB2 and atomic coordinates
1) Armel's rightit's routine work at this day age.
2) I also agree that atomic coordinates is a prerequisite for deeper
understanding etc etc.
My views on this matter however:
No crystal structure can make a living as a crystal structure
Well...the question: So what? inherently contains "Structure-Property
Relations"
indeed. I thought the message was tacitly conveyed. It seems I was wrong.
Regards
E. K. Akdogan, Ph. D.
Postdoctoral Associate
Center for Ceramic Research
Rutgers University
607 Taylor Road
Piscataway, NJ
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