Alright, consider you've got a really great slide for the playground. Usually, once you go down a slide, you can find some friction that slows you down a tiny bit. Friction is just like the rough parts of the slide which make you go slower.

Now, photograph a magic slide wherever there isn't any friction at all! You'd go down Tremendous speedy without the need of just about anything slowing you down. That is sort of like what occurs in a superconductor.

In a daily wire, when electric power flows, it faces some resistance, that's like friction for the electric latest. This resistance can make the wire heat up and wastes some Electricity.

But in the superconductor, there's no resistance in the slightest degree! The electrical power can flow beautifully without any Electrical power reduction, identical to you happening that magic slide Tremendous quick. Having said that, to produce this happen, superconductors have to be pretty, really chilly, get in touch colder than ice product, even colder than anything at all in the freezer!