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☆☆☆☆☆A material is said to be a superconductor if when it is brought down to a critical low temperature it loses its resistivity completely.
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A superconductor is a material that has zero electrical resistance at certain temperatures. For example, in a ring of superconducting material, if you induce a current to flow in a circle, it will continue flowing for ever. So far, it has only been possible to create superconductors at cryogenic (i.e., "supercold") temperatures.
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Superconductivity is a property of a substance at a given temperature, not of a substance at any temperature.
Superconductors are things that have no electrical resistance when they are at low enough temperatures, typically close to absolute zero i.e. 0 Kelvin or about -273 degrees C.
There are also 'high-temperature' superconductors that operate at about 70 degrees K (-203 degrees C).
We haven't yet found a substance that works as a superconductor at room temperature there is a lot of research on-going. The aim is to try to find metal alloys or other substances that will behave as superconductors at temperatures which are much closer to room temperature than to absolute zero i.e. 0 Kelvin or about -273 degrees C.
A conductor that allows electricity to flow easily ~APEX
A lone pair is elements in a chemical reaction that are not used in the reaction.
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Due to the lone pairs on the N and P atoms, both molecules have a trigonal pyramidal shape.
The subscript of the second ion identifies the oxidation state of the transition metal
When the metal can exist in more than one oxidation state
Four atoms bound to a central atom with no lone pairs
the shared valence electron pairs repel each other.
two ions can combine in only one combination
Six in p orbital, in each sublevel of p (px, py, pz) there are two electrons at max.
A bond in which electrons are unevenly shared between atoms
Magnesium bromide
linear
The lone pair repels the electrons of the adjacent bonds more so than does a bonding pair of electrons, so thus alters the molecular geometry of the molecule.
