some superconductors having high critical temperature :
Resistance decreases with the decrease of temperature. Superconductors are made by lowering the temperature.
We currently don't know of any room temperature superconductors; we've managed to find some "high temperature" superconductors, but "high" in this case means "liquid nitrogen temperatures" ... about two hundred degrees Celsius below zero. The lowest naturally occurring temperature ever recorded on Earth is about 184K ... about fifty degrees Celsius above the point at which the highest-known-temperature superconductor becomes superconducting.
Materials that will form superconductors come in two basic varieties, those which are metals or alloys of metals and the newer variety that are ceramic-like materials. Some examples in the metal category are are Mercury, Niobium, Tin, Lead and various alloys and the second category includes the more complex compounds Lanthanum-Barium-Copper Oxide and Yttrium-Barium-Copper Oxide. The first category are the outgrowth from the original discovery of superconductivity in 1911 and are now referred to as low temperature superconductors. The 1986 discovery of a new class of compounds called high temperature superconductors gave rise to the second category. The first category has materials that are limited to about 30 degrees Kelvin above absolute zero. The second includes materials that can remain superconducting up to about 130 K.
Yes, superconductors can carry alternating current (AC) without resistance, but their behavior differs from that in direct current (DC) applications. The critical frequency of the AC must be below a certain threshold for the superconductor to maintain its properties. However, at higher frequencies, the effects of magnetic fields and other factors can lead to energy losses, making them less effective for high-frequency AC applications. Overall, while superconductors can work with AC, their performance is influenced by frequency and other conditions.
High pressure = High temperature
133 Kelvin, about -140 Celsius. This is the critical temperature of a mercury -based superconductor. It contains copper-oxide, a common theme, I believe, in high temperature superconductors
Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance when cooled below a certain critical temperature. They also exhibit the Meissner effect, which expels magnetic fields from their interior. Superconductors have a critical magnetic field above which they cease to superconduct.
High-temperature superconductors are most commonly based on copper-oxide or iron-based compounds. Among these, yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) is one of the most widely studied and used high-temperature superconductors due to its relatively high critical temperature of around 90 K.
Resistance decreases with the decrease of temperature. Superconductors are made by lowering the temperature.
The lowest temperature at which superconductivity can occur is called the critical temperature. This temperature varies depending on the material. Some superconductors have critical temperatures close to absolute zero (0 Kelvin), while others have critical temperatures as high as -140 degrees Celsius.
Marcus Vlasse has written: 'A study of enhancing critical current densities (JC) and critical temperature (TC) of high-temperature superconductors' -- subject(s): High temperature superconductors, Critical currents
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.
Hong Alice Wang has written: 'Reactions during processing of the 123 high Tc superconductor' -- subject(s): Ceramic superconductors, High temperature superconductors
We currently don't know of any room temperature superconductors; we've managed to find some "high temperature" superconductors, but "high" in this case means "liquid nitrogen temperatures" ... about two hundred degrees Celsius below zero. The lowest naturally occurring temperature ever recorded on Earth is about 184K ... about fifty degrees Celsius above the point at which the highest-known-temperature superconductor becomes superconducting.
We currently don't know of any room temperature superconductors; we've managed to find some "high temperature" superconductors, but "high" in this case means "liquid nitrogen temperatures" ... about two hundred degrees Celsius below zero. The lowest naturally occurring temperature ever recorded on Earth is about 184K ... about fifty degrees Celsius above the point at which the highest-known-temperature superconductor becomes superconducting.
I think so the super conducting material used will melt
It was startling because it was said to be impossible by the BCS theory.