The New Superconductors: Prospects for Applications

The New Superconductors: Prospects for Applications

It could take at least a decade to develop high-temperature superconductors suited to practical applications. Economic considerations suggest that the new materials will have their biggest impact not on large-scale applications in the electric-power industry or transportation but on smaller devices...

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Veröffentlicht in:Scientific American 1989-02, Vol.260 (2), p.60-69
Hauptverfasser: Wolsky, Alan M., Giese, Robert F., Daniels, Edward J.
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
360204 - Ceramics, Cermets, & Refractories- Physical Properties
426001 - Engineering- Superconducting Devices & Circuits- (1990-)
656100 - Condensed Matter Physics- Superconductivity
BCS THEORY
CERAMICS
CHALCOGENIDES
COMPUTERS
CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
COOPER PAIRS
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
DESIGN
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
Electric current
Electric fields
ELECTRIC GENERATORS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES
ELECTROMAGNETS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
FABRICATION
FLUXMETERS
JOSEPHSON JUNCTIONS
JUNCTIONS
LEVITATED TRAINS
Liquid helium
Liquids
Magnetic fields
MAGNETS
MATERIALS SCIENCE
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
Refrigeration
SQUID DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES
SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTIONS
SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS
SUPERCONDUCTING WIRES
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
SUPERCONDUCTORS
TEXTURE
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRAINS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
Transmission lines
USES
VEHICLES
WIRES
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Zusammenfassung:It could take at least a decade to develop high-temperature superconductors suited to practical applications. Economic considerations suggest that the new materials will have their biggest impact not on large-scale applications in the electric-power industry or transportation but on smaller devices for manufacturing, electronics and medicine.
ISSN:0036-8733
1946-7087
DOI:10.1038/scientificamerican0289-60