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Can carry large quanities of energy without heat loss and are able to generate strong magnetic fields. Superconductors beneficial applications in medical imaging techniques. New superconductive films may result in miniturisation and increased speed in computer chips.

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How are superconductors utilized in space exploration and what advantages do they offer for space missions?

Superconductors are used in space exploration for their ability to generate strong magnetic fields, which can be used for propulsion and to protect spacecraft from radiation. They offer advantages such as increased efficiency, reduced weight, and improved performance of equipment in space missions.


What are the advantages of replacing conductors with superconductors?

Replacing conductors with superconductors can lead to lower energy losses due to zero resistance, higher current carrying capacities, and more efficient electrical systems. Superconductors can also enable the development of more compact and lightweight devices, making them suitable for various applications in power grids, medical devices, and transportation systems.


Why superconductors are not used often in everyday activities?

Because at present all superconductors must be super-cooled in a coolant such as liquid nitrogen to become superconductors.


What are most modern high temperature superconductors made of?

Resistance decreases with the decrease of temperature. Superconductors are made by lowering the temperature.


Why are scientists trying to make superconductors that can work at warmer temperatures?

Because refrigerating superconductors to the cryogenic temperatures needed by current ones is expensive, severely limiting the applications they are used in.Metallic superconductors need cooling to the temperature of liquid helium.Copper oxide ceramic superconductors need cooling to the temperature of liquid nitrogen.Room temperature superconductors, if they exist, would need little or no cooling.


What is the definition of low temperature supercoductors?

In a way, all currently existing superconductors are "low-temperature", but some more so than others. The traditional superconductors work up to about 20 K (or minus 253 Centigrade); more recent "high-temperature superconductors" work up to 100 K or so. 100 K is still minus 173 Centigrade, but it is much "hotter" than the traditional superconductors. The new "high-temperature" superconductors apparently work different than the old-fashioned ones; at least, the theory that explains the traditional superconductors fails to explain how the new superconductors work.


How are superconductors different from conductors?

In superconductors, no electricity is wasted because there is no resistance to the flow of electrons. In conductors any electricity not used, is wasted.


What has the author Franklin Curtis Mason written?

Franklin Curtis Mason has written: 'The tunnel effect in superconductors' -- subject(s): Superconductors


What has the author Anatoli Larkin written?

Anatoli Larkin has written: 'Theory of fluctuations in superconductors' -- subject(s): Fluctuations (Physics), Superconductors


Why do superconductors float?

Superconductors float due to the Meissner effect, which causes them to repel magnetic fields, allowing them to levitate above a magnet.


How are superconductors different from insulators?

Superconductors are materials that let current or electricity pass through them. Insulators are materials that don't allow current or electricity to pass through them. Superconductors are mostly all metals. Insulators are wood, plastic, and paper.


What has the author Weonwoo Kim written?

Weonwoo Kim has written: 'Doping experiments on magnetic heavy fermion superconductors' -- subject(s): Superconductors