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A superconductor is a material that loses its electric resistance when cooled below a characteristic temperature called the critical temperature. Many elements, alloys and compounds are superconductors. This state of zero resistivity is called the superconducting state. A superconductor has not only this property but also perfect diamagnetism. That is, when a magnetic flux density is applied to a superconductor, the interior magnetic flux density is zero:
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Matsushita, T. (2014). Superconductors. In: Electricity and Magnetism. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54526-2_7
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