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Question about Meissner Effect video

In this video, what material is on top of the superconductor disk that keeping it cold? Is it just a circular chunk of dry ice? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws6AAhTw7RA I'm planning on recreating ...
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can we have a phase transition from superconductor to the normal only by applying magnetic field?

for superconductors we have a phase transition diagram. according to that phase diagram in a temperature below Tc, we can only increase the applied magnetic field to make a superconductor a normal. ...
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Economical ways for Cooling liquid nitrogen

To have some fun with superconductors I am planning to buy them from here. But it requires me to cool liquid nitrogen to a temperature of 77 degrees Kelvin. Can some one tell me what kind of ...
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What is the smallest amount of He you can use to cool a superconducting magnet?

This is an engineering question, but it is adressed to physicists who build accelerators. This question: An electromagnetic space elevator? notices that a NbSn superconducting ring around the equator ...
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