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Is copper a superconductor? (1 Viewer)

dunno04

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u can say it is superconducting....
BUt the best is to say that the temperature decreases the vibration in the lattice, therefore less resistance.
which makes the magnet levitate.
 

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dunno04 said:
u can say it is superconducting....
LOL NO U CANT. what part of copper doesn't super conduct don't you get?
 

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The fact that copper does not become a superconductor at very low temperatures is completely irrelevant. You are expected to know that -50C is too high for ANY material that exists today to reach a super-conductive state. They could have said 'modern high-temperature ceramic superconductor' and if you said the magnet would float, you would still be wrong.
 

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Yeah i'd have to say superconductivity didn't even pass my mind...
 

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U can say...IT COuld Be a superconductor....
the fact that we do not know when is superconducts...OR whether it does superconducts or not.

=D
 

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dunno04 said:
U can say...IT COuld Be a superconductor....
the fact that we do not know when is superconducts...OR whether it does superconducts or not.

=D
yeh ur rite u could, but ud be wrong
 

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yorky said:
yeh ur rite u could, but ud be wrong
yeh i could.
BUT ...i put it on the last sentence...Saying IT MIGHT be a superconductor at that temperature.

So yea...mostly i was talking about the temperature cause less vibration.
so electron travel easier.

=D
 

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