New superconducting material to work at room temperature
For years, researchers have not been able to unearth the exact conditions under which hydrogen would be compressed to act as superconducting material at room temperature. Finally, a Canadian-German team has been able to develop a silicon-hydrogen compound that instead of being super-cooled to act as a superconducting material as is required in the traditional superconducting materials, could be super-compressed to emanate its superconductivity. Eliminating the requirement of refrigerant would mean that the new superconducting hydrogen compound could be used at room temperature. The new hydrogen compound termed the “silane” is formed by combining a single silicon atom with four hydrogen atoms to form a molecular hydride. The new superconducting material would find a wide range of applications even in common household devices by reducing power usage.
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Source: next energy news
