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Can a superconducting wire conduct unlimited current?

A superconducting wire has no electrical resistance and as such it does not heat up when current passes through it. Non-superconducting wires can be damaged by too much current, because they get too ...
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Is electricity perpetual in a superconductor system?

I wonder if electricity consumption happen according to the Law of conservation of energy and Joule effect, in a regular circuit certain amount of energy is transformed into heat by components ...
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Help in understanding superconductivity?

I am a high school student doing a science project in superconductivity. My knowledge in physics is hence not pretty advanced but I am doing my best to understand the subject. What I find really ...
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Do metals at low temperature follow Ohm's law?

I think metals at low temperature do not follow Ohm's because of superconductivity. Is it true? What about metals at high temperature?
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