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BSSCO is superconducting at much higher temperatures. Why are they not using that?
by fallingfrog 3y ago
BSSCO is superconducting at much higher temperatures. Why are they not using that?
- GlibMonkeyDeath 3y ago"In practice, HTS are limited by the irreversibility field H, above which magnetic vortices melt or decouple. Even though BSCCO has a higher upper critical field than YBCO it has a much lower H (typically smaller by a factor of 100)[11] thus limiting its use for making high-field magnets." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth_strontium_calcium_copper_oxide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth_strontium_calcium_copp...