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Are room temperature superconductors theoretically possible, and through what mechanism?
At the moment, the highest critical temperature superconductor known to science (or myself, at least) is mercury barium calcium copper oxide. With a $T_{c}$ of roughly 133 K, that's well above the ...
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Could superconducting magnets be used to form a shield around a spacecraft?
If superconducting magnets could be used in space to form a field around a spacecraft of a similar field strength on the earth 25 to 65 microtesla's?
Would the temperature in space at -246c be OK for ...
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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 ...
