superconducting
Perfectly conducting electricity
Superconducting describes materials that conduct electricity with zero resistance when cooled below a critical temperature.
Superconducting magnets power MRI machines and particle accelerators.
The phenomenon allows electrical current to flow indefinitely without energy loss: The superconducting wire carried current with perfect efficiency.
Trackless-seeming rail technology
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- particle acceleratorDevice speeding subatomic bits
- fusion reactorMachine combining atomic nuclei
- power transmissionConveying mechanical energy elsewhere
quantum computing · qubit · magnetic levitation · energy storage · tokamak · power cable
Complete absence of impedance
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- mixed stateConcurrent mania and depression
- diamagneticRepelled by magnetic fields
Metallic element, atomic forty-one
- high-temperatureVery great heat
- thin filmNarrow surface coating
- ceramicFired clay material
- room-temperatureStandard indoor conditions
wire · tape · intermetallic
Supercooled element in fluid state
- cryostatMaintains cryogenic temperatures
- low temperaturesCold weather conditions
- helium-3Light noble gas variant
- coolingLosing thermal energy
Separation between electronic bands
- pairingJoining two together
- tunnelingDigging underground passages
- condensateGas turned to liquid
- order parameterVariable tracking phase transitions
maglev
Trackless-seeming rail technology
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- particle acceleratorDevice speeding subatomic bits
- fusion reactorMachine combining atomic nuclei
power transmission · quantum computing · qubit · magnetic levitation · energy storage · tokamak · power cable
zero resistance
Complete absence of impedance
- levitationUnsupported aerial suspension
- mixed stateConcurrent mania and depression
- diamagneticRepelled by magnetic fields
niobium
Metallic element, atomic forty-one
- high-temperatureVery great heat
- thin filmNarrow surface coating
- ceramicFired clay material
liquid helium
Supercooled element in fluid state
- cryostatMaintains cryogenic temperatures
- low temperaturesCold weather conditions
- helium-3Light noble gas variant
cooling · refrigeration · heat exchange · coolant · nitrogen
energy gap
Separation between electronic bands
- pairingJoining two together
- tunnelingDigging underground passages
- condensateGas turned to liquid
- metal propertiesmalleable, ductile, conductive, magnetic, brittle
- cryogenicsliquid nitrogen, cryogenic, cryogenics, cryogenic storage, cryostat
- MRI/NMRMRI scan, magnetic field, resonance, T1, spectrometer
- Particle CollidersLarge Hadron Collider, LHC, hadron collider, synchrotron
- quantum statesground state, excited state, mixed state, qubit, singlet
superconductingresistive
Tending to obstruct flow
insulating · nonconducting · nonconductive · dielectric · semiconducting
- superconducting magnetResistance-free electromagnetic coil