Discovering superconductivity : an investigative approach /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Ireson, Gren
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2012.
• Θέματα: Superconductivity > Study and teaching (Higher) > Activity programs.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Superconductors & Superconductivity.; Technology.; Electronic books.

"The highly-illustrated text will serve as excellent introduction for students, with and without a physics background, to superconductivity. With a strong practical, experimental emphasis, it will provide readers with an overview of the topic preparing them for more advanced texts used in more...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Section I: Introduction. Introduction
• Resistivity and Conduction in Metals
• A Brief History of Superconductivity
• Section II: Superconductivity. Superconductivity
• An Explanation of Superconductivity?
• The Meissner6Ochsenfeld Effect
• Diamagnetic Effects
• Persistence of Current
• Type I and Type II Superconductors
• Flux Pinning
• Section III: Superconducting Materials. Superconducting Materials
• Low-Temperature Superconductors
• Organic Superconductors
• High-Temperature Superconductors
• Section IV: Applications. Applications
• Superconducting Wire
• Medical Imaging
• CERN and the LHC
• Maglev Trains
• Appendices. Appendix A: The BCS Theory
• Appendix B: Flux Penetration
• Appendix C: The Josephson Junction and the SQUID
• Appendix D: MRI
• Appendix E: A Note on Superfluidity
• Appendix F: A Note on Safety.