S5E09 - Superconductivity

Elisa & Karim present the topic of supreconductivity, with great finesse and detail, going over the history of its discovery to some of the current and potential future applications that could revolutionise our society ! -- : : Chapters : : --1:30 - What is superconductivity2:37 - The discovery of superconductivity5:55 - What is the holy grail of superconductivity8:00 - how can we explain superconductivity?11:40 - The Meissner effect and the link to superconductors15:00 - ceramics and higher temperature superconductors18:40 - Some applications 20:25 - some of the challenges with cooling super conductors and difficulty of room-temperature SC22:40 - What is “quenching” and why is it a problem for SC cables27:00 - Applications-- Credits -- Intro Music : "Feelin Good" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Episode Music : "Mirage" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/