Faster, more straightforward methods are needed for testing the new high-temperature copper-oxide superconductors. A non-contact eddy-current characterization instrument particularly suitable for screening large numbers of samples will soon be on the market.
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Doss, J. Measuring the new superconductors. Nature 338, 441–442 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/338441a0
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