New supercool alloy could take the heat off helium-3

New supercool alloy could take the heat off helium-3

A rendering of the alloy and its magnetic refrigeration effect

The heated race to achieve the extreme cold that quantum technologies demand may have a frontrunner. Chinese scientists have developed an alloy that almost reaches absolute zero, the coldest possible temperature, without using the scarce isotope, helium-3.

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Category: Materials, Engineering, Technology

Tags: Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cooling, Helium