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Superconductivity was discovered almost 70 years ago by Kamerlingh Onnes. Many generations of physicists and solid-state physicists got involved in the interpretation of this exciting phenomenon. Nevertheless, the potential use of superconducting materials in technical applications — e.g., in magnets for particle accelerators or fusion reactors — was demonstrated only recently. The purpose of this contribution is a discussion of the fundamental properties of these materials, a prerequisite for an understanding of their application.
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Freyhardt, H.C. Grundlagen der Supraleitung. Naturwissenschaften 67, 390–401 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00405482
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