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One of the enduring mysteries in physics is high critical-temperature superconductivity—or high-Tcsuperconductivity. All superconductors (materials that conduct electricity with no resistance) require very low temperatures compared with room temperature, but the high-Tc superconductors have transition temperatures that are higher than their conventional cousins—30° to 110° Celsius above absolute zero, compared to a few degrees. This slight bump in allowable temperatures makes high-Tcsuperconductors a bit more reachable experimentally, but exactly how they conduct electricity is still mysterious...
Pretty cool stuff here :)
Edited by Lord Xeb - 6/21/12 at 5:09pm










