A newly discovered material that also acts as a superconductor at room temperature can revolutionize energy use.

The first material that did not need to be cooled to lose its electrical resistance was created by American researchers. Superconductors are materials capable of conducting electricity without resistance; This means that the electrons move unhindered without losing any of their energy.

Until now, the condition for superconductivity has been that the material in question has cooled to a very low temperature. When the physical phenomenon was discovered in 1911, it was only experienced at temperatures close to absolute zero (minus 273.15 degrees Celsius).

Since then, materials have also been found that are superconducting at higher temperatures but still in a very cold state. According to the research team for the new discovery, their results are a major step forward in research that has been conducted for a century. Ranga Dias, a researcher at the University of Rochester in New York, believes that room temperature superconductors “will certainly change the world we know.”

According to the expert, the power grids in the United States lose more than 5 percent of their energy during transmission processes. Eliminating the loss could save up to billions of dollars and also play an important role in protecting the climate.

The researchers observed superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride compound at 15 degrees Celsius. However, the property only occurs under extremely high pressures of 267 billion pascals, about one million times the typical tire pressure. Obviously, this limits the practical applicability of the phenomenon.

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According to Dias, the next task is to create superconductors at room temperature even at lower pressures so that their production is economical in large quantities.

These materials can be used in many areas, such as the advancement of floating magnetic rail technology, but they also play a role in creating faster and more efficient electrical devices.

“With your help, our society can become a superconducting society in which we will never need batteries and accumulators again,” said Ashkan Salamat, a researcher at the University of Nevada at Nature Co-author of an investigation published in the scientific journal.

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