3.A08 | Fall 2005 | Undergraduate

Attraction and Repulsion: The Magic of Magnets

Meissner Effect

Description:

This photo shows the Meissner effect using a high-temperature ceramic superconductor and a powerful rare-earth magnet. Liquid nitrogen cools the superconductor to about 77 Kelvin, producing the magnetic cushion. (Photo courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.)

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Small superconductor floating above a magnet.
Caption:
This photo shows the Meissner effect using a high-temperature ceramic superconductor and a powerful rare-earth magnet. Liquid nitrogen cools the superconductor to about 77 Kelvin, producing the magnetic cushion. (Photo courtesy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.)
Small superconductor floating above a magnet.

Course Info

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Fall 2005
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