High-temperature superconductivity
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Despite its name, high-temperature superconductivity still occurs at cryogenic temperatures. The main difference from low-temperature superconductivity is usually that 'high-Tc' superconductors can use liquid nitrogen (at 77K) as a coolant while low-temperature superconductors always need liquid helium (4.2K) temperatures and below.
Most prominent materials in the high-Tc range are the so-called cuprates, i.e. YBCO (Yttrium-Barium-Copper-Oxide) and related substances.
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "High-temperature_superconductivity" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-temperature_superconductivity, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
