Why superconductors have zero electrical resistance.JPG
A superconductor is a material that exhibits superconductivity when its temperature is lowered to -270 degrees Celsius.
Rather than negative temperatures, researchers are working to develop materials that exhibit superconductivity at room temperature and ambient pressure.
The reality is that this might take at least 100 years, or perhaps even longer.
But why does electrical resistance disappear when a material becomes a superconductor?
As electrons flow, an electric field is created. This electric field then attracts positive charges.
In the process of attracting positive charges, those charges move, and heat is generated due to friction.
That is why electrical resistance occurs.
Therefore, instead of just searching for room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconducting materials, there is an attempt to artificially create wires using that principle.
The key is to control the positive charges so they cannot move.
The method involves creating a wire with an insulator and filling its center with a positive charge material to create an electric field and charge electrons.
The purple part is the insulating structure,
which forms the internal structure of the wire and is designed to withstand high pressure.
The space where the 8 electrons flow is a vacuum, and the center is where the positive charge material is filled.
To create the positive charge material, an anode electrode is installed in the center to supply hydrogen during the charging process.
Hydrogen ions, which have lost electrons from the hydrogen, move to the center of the wiring and accumulate, creating an electric field.
The electrons released during this charging process are the cathode material outside the wire.
The goal is to have this cathode material release electrons into the vacuum layer.
As the concentration of hydrogen ions in the center increases and becomes full of positive charges, the electrical repulsion between them
controls the movement even when electrons flow. Then, as electrons flow through the electric field with the insulator in place, electrical resistance disappears.
The reason electrical resistance occurs is due to the loss of the electron's kinetic energy caused by the electron attracting positive charges.
The force that pushes electrons is electrical force, but as positive charges are pulled in, they generate heat and cause electrical resistance.
By filling it with positive charges like this to create a high electric field, the electrical repulsion between the positive charges prevents them from moving even within the electron's electric field.
As the concentration of hydrogen ions increases, the electric field generated by the positive charges becomes stronger,
but the electrical repulsion between the same positive charges also increases, preventing them from being pushed away.
Of course, the insulator must be made to withstand even higher pressures to endure that repulsion.
The superconducting wire currently under development becomes a superconductor at -220 degrees Celsius.
However, because heat is inevitably generated over time as electrons attract positive charges while flowing,
it is only possible if an even lower temperature is constantly maintained; this is why room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductors are called "dream materials."
However, by placing an insulator in between and filling it with positive charges, even if the force pulling the electrons weakens, the electrical repulsion allows them to maintain their position, resulting in almost no power loss.
If all the water is removed and the space is filled solely with hydrogen ions, the movement of the positive charges will come to a complete halt due to electrical repulsion.
This would lead to the development of a room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor with 0% power loss and 0% electrical resistance in the wire.
The development of room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductors, which could change human civilization itself, lies in preventing the increase in heat caused by the conversion of kinetic energy due to the electric field created by electrons and positive charges, and the resulting power loss.
It is said that it will take humanity another 100 years to develop room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductors, or even that it is impossible,
but it could become possible right away.
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