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High-Temperature Superconductivity: The Experimental Situation

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The various classes of oxide superconductors have critical temperatures which greatly exceed those of so-called conventional materials [6.1–5]. They may also have enormous critical magnetic fields as well, depending on the particular extrapolation employed. It is, however, as yet unknown whether large critical currents can be achieved for bulk material in a magnetic field. The prospects for a new generation of superconducting electronic devices and sensors are just beginning to be explored. The potential impact on technology of the new high temperature superconductors has been the driving force behind the enormous volume of work in the field over the last few years. The frenzied pace of research is consistent with its importance, given the words of the Soviet physicist V.L. Ginzburg [6.6]. He contends that the problem of high temperature (ultimately room temperature) superconductivity may be the second most important problem in physical science, behind that of controlled fusion, in terms of its potential impact on society.

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