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How do they work/
How are they made
Levitation/ Superconductor Trains.
100
Which physicist was the first to discover superconductivity?
Who is Heike Onnes.
100
True of False: Superconductors are used in Microwave Filters.
What is True.
100
Advantage: Which form of energy is not wasted from friction from contact with the ground.
What is Kinetic Energy
100
True or false: Superconductors are able to transport electrons from atom to atom while still displaying resistance.
What is False. Superconductors are able to transport electrons from atom to atom while still displaying ZERO resistance.
100
What is the name of the trains that use superconductivity.
What are Maglev Trains.
200
What year was superconductivity first discovered?
What is 1911.
200
Which two countries are superconducter trains currently being used in?
What is Japan and China.
200
Disadvantage: Superconductors only work at their ___________ temperature, which can be very costly to achieve
What is critical temperature
200
The pairing of the lattice electron and the free electron is knows as which pair?
What is the Cooper Pair.
200
What is the maximum speed superconductor trains can reach?
What is 580 km/hr
300
To this day, what is the highest temperature a substance has gone to before becoming superconductive.
What is 138K
300
Superconductors are being used in MRI machines. What does MRI stand for?
What is Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
300
Disadvantage: There are many different health issues that can be a result from superconductivity. Name One.
What is blindess, sterility, brain cancer.
300
Superconductors are only able to function under certain conditions. Hc and Tc. What does Hc mean?
What is Critical Field.
300
Which effect is it when a superconductors repels magnetic forces and causes magnets to levitate?
What is The Meissner Effect.
400
Which year did the BCS theory physicists win a nobel prize for their work?
What is 1972.
400
Which university was the Maglev Train discovered at?
What is the Old Dominion University
400
Which temperature is most accessible for superconductivity? It is also the temperature of liquid nitrogen.
What is 77K.
400
Superconductors are formed when the conductors is cooled to its ____________.
What is Tc - Critical Temperature.
400
Superconductor trains function by EDS. What does EDS stand for?
What is Electrodynamic Suspension.
500
Three physicists that discovered the first widely accepted theoretical understanding of superconductivity. (*Hint - Known as the BCS Theory)
Who are Bardeen, Cooper, and Schreifer
500
Superconductors are picked up by special instruments called SQUIDS. What does SQUID stand for?
What is Superconducting Quantum Interference Device.
500
Which type of telecommunication is improved by superconductivity.
What is Wide-Band Telecommunication.
500
Explain lattice vibrations.
What is, when heat is formed in the lattice, it causes electrons to vibrate.
500
Which physicist assisted W. Meissner in discovering the Meissner Effect.
Who is R. Ochsenfeld.
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