New Superconductor Offers Lossless Energy Possibility

March 11, 2023

Researchers from US have claimed that they have created a new superconductor that can operate at room temperature and a much lower pressure than previously discovered superconducting materials.
Named Red Matter, it was formed by combining lutetium (a rare earth metal) with hydrogen and nitrogen.
It can conduct electricity without resistance at 21 degrees Celsius and around just 10,000 atmospheres of pressure.
Superconductors are materials that can conduct electric currents without any loss when they are cooled below a critical temperature.
These materials also expel magnetic fields as they transition to the superconducting state (Meissner effect).
However, it is considered extremely impractical because they typically need to be extremely cooled, to around minus 195 degrees Celsius, and subjected to extreme pressure to work.
Applications of superconductors:
- In Nuclear magnetic resonance and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
- In high-energy physics accelerators and in thermonuclear fusion reactors.
- Frictionless, levitating high-speed trains.
- Power grids that transmit electricity without the loss of energy.