superconductivity

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superconductivity (countable and uncountable, plural superconductivities)



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(physics) The property of a material whereby it has no resistance to the flow of an electric current.
Currently, superconductivity can only be achieved at extremely low temperatures.

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A narrow band or strongly correlated electronic system and degenerated ground states are important points to understand in explaining superconductivity in fullerene solids. Source: Internet

Bardeen's developments in superconductivity, which won him his second Nobel, are used in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR) or its medical sub-tool magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Source: Internet

At low temperature fermions show superfluidity for uncharged particles and superconductivity for charged particles. Source: Internet

Conectus, a European superconductivity consortium, estimated that in 2014, global economic activity for which superconductivity was indispensable amounted to about five billion euros, with MRI systems accounting for about 80% of that total. Source: Internet

Consequences The discovery of the Meissner effect led to the phenomenological theory of superconductivity by Fritz and Heinz London in 1935. Source: Internet

Conventional superconductors are materials that display superconductivity as described by BCS theory or its extensions. Source: Internet

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