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Superconductor classification

Index Superconductor classification

Superconductors can be classified in accordance with several criteria that depend on our interest in their physical properties, on the understanding we have about them, on how expensive is cooling them or on the material they are made of. [1]

39 relations: Allotropes of carbon, Alloy, Barium, BCS theory, Boiling point, Ceramic, Chemical element, Conventional superconductor, Copper, Covalent superconductor, Critical field, Fullerene, Heavy fermion superconductor, High-temperature superconductivity, Iron-based superconductor, Lead, Liquid helium, Liquid nitrogen, List of superconductors, Magnesium diboride, Magnetic field, Mercury (element), Nature (journal), Niobium, Niobium–titanium, Oxypnictide, Room-temperature superconductor, Science (journal), Superconductivity, Technetium, Technological applications of superconductivity, Timeline of low-temperature technology, Type-I superconductor, Type-II superconductor, Unconventional superconductor, Uranium rhodium germanium, Vanadium, Yttrium, Yttrium barium copper oxide.

Allotropes of carbon

Carbon is capable of forming many allotropes due to its valency.

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Alloy

An alloy is a combination of metals or of a metal and another element.

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Barium

Barium is a chemical element with symbol Ba and atomic number 56.

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BCS theory

BCS theory or Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer theory (named after John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer) is the first microscopic theory of superconductivity since Heike Kamerlingh Onnes's 1911 discovery.

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Boiling point

The boiling point of a substance is the temperature at which the vapor pressure of the liquid equals the pressure surrounding the liquid and the liquid changes into a vapor.

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Ceramic

A ceramic is a non-metallic solid material comprising an inorganic compound of metal, non-metal or metalloid atoms primarily held in ionic and covalent bonds.

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Chemical element

A chemical element is a species of atoms having the same number of protons in their atomic nuclei (that is, the same atomic number, or Z).

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Conventional superconductor

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

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Copper

Copper is a chemical element with symbol Cu (from cuprum) and atomic number 29.

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Covalent superconductor

Covalent superconductors are superconducting materials where the atoms are linked by covalent bonds.

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Critical field

Superconductivity is characterized both by perfect conductivity (zero resistance) and by the expulsion of magnetic fields (the Meissner effect).

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Fullerene

A fullerene is a molecule of carbon in the form of a hollow sphere, ellipsoid, tube, and many other shapes.

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Heavy fermion superconductor

Heavy fermion superconductors are a type of unconventional superconductor.

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High-temperature superconductivity

High-temperature superconductors (abbreviated high-Tc or HTS) are materials that behave as superconductors at unusually high temperatures.

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Iron-based superconductor

Iron-based superconductors (FeSC) are iron-containing chemical compounds whose superconducting properties were discovered in 2006.

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Lead

Lead is a chemical element with symbol Pb (from the Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.

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Liquid helium

At standard pressure, the chemical element helium exists in a liquid form only at the extremely low temperature of −270 °C (about 4 K or −452.2 °F).

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Liquid nitrogen

Liquid nitrogen is nitrogen in a liquid state at an extremely low temperature.

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List of superconductors

The table below shows some of the parameters of common superconductors of simple structure.

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Magnesium diboride

Magnesium diboride (MgB2) is a simple ionic binary compound that has proven to be an inexpensive and useful superconducting material.

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Magnetic field

A magnetic field is a vector field that describes the magnetic influence of electrical currents and magnetized materials.

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Mercury (element)

Mercury is a chemical element with symbol Hg and atomic number 80.

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Nature (journal)

Nature is a British multidisciplinary scientific journal, first published on 4 November 1869.

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Niobium

Niobium, formerly known as columbium, is a chemical element with symbol Nb (formerly Cb) and atomic number 41.

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Niobium–titanium

Niobium-titanium (NbTi) is an alloy of niobium and titanium, used industrially as a type II superconductor wire for superconducting magnets, normally as Nb-Ti fibres in an aluminium or copper matrix.

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Oxypnictide

In chemistry, oxypnictides are a class of materials including oxygen, a pnictogen (group-V, especially phosphorus and arsenic) and one or more other elements.

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Room-temperature superconductor

A room-temperature superconductor is a hypothetical material that would be capable of exhibiting superconductivity at operating temperatures above 0 °C (273.15 K).

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Science (journal)

Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.

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Superconductivity

Superconductivity is a phenomenon of exactly zero electrical resistance and expulsion of magnetic flux fields occurring in certain materials, called superconductors, when cooled below a characteristic critical temperature.

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Technetium

Technetium is a chemical element with symbol Tc and atomic number 43.

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Technological applications of superconductivity

Some of the technological applications of superconductivity include.

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Timeline of low-temperature technology

The following is a timeline of low-temperature technology and cryogenic technology (refrigeration down to –273.15 °C, –459.67 °F or 0 K).

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Type-I superconductor

The interior of a bulk superconductor cannot be penetrated by a weak magnetic field, a phenomenon known as the Meissner effect.

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Type-II superconductor

In superconductivity, a type-II superconductor is characterized by the formation of magnetic vortices in an applied magnetic field.

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Unconventional superconductor

Unconventional superconductors are materials that display superconductivity which does not conform to either the conventional BCS theory or Nikolay Bogolyubov's theory or its extensions.

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Uranium rhodium germanium

Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory, published in August 2005's issue of Science, that uranium rhodium germanium (URhGe) is the first discovered metal that becomes superconducting in the presence of an extremely strong electromagnetic field.

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Vanadium

Vanadium is a chemical element with symbol V and atomic number 23.

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Yttrium

Yttrium is a chemical element with symbol Y and atomic number 39.

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Yttrium barium copper oxide

Yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO) is a family of crystalline chemical compounds, famous for displaying high-temperature superconductivity.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconductor_classification

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