Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride | Nature

Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride | Nature



Even the most sophisticated superconductors currently available work only below 133 kelvin (−140 °C). Superconductors that work at room temperature could have a big technological impact. (Adam Fenster)

First room-temperature superconductor

It’s a new record for superconductivity: scientists have created a mystery material that seems to conduct electricity without any resistance at temperatures of up to about 15 °C , far warmer that the conditions usually needed for the phenomenon. But there’s a catch — the material, a compound of hydrogen, carbon and sulfur, survives only at extremely high pressures, approaching those at the centre of Earth. That means the material is unlikely to have immediate practical applications, and also is very tricky to analyse.

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