Submitted by TheLapisBee t3_z80kte in explainlikeimfive
just_a_pyro t1_iy93dx2 wrote
Those are not regular magnets, they're superconductive magnets. Superconductive materials need to be cold to stay superconductive, if they warm up they stop being so and this leads to electric resistance reappearing. If there is resistance in the wire you're losing a lot of electricity to heating the wire instead of producing magnetic field.
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