Physics : oxygen drips upwards from superconductors.

David Wood; V. Greener; D. P. Hampshire

doi:10.1038/415860a

Physics : oxygen drips upwards from superconductors.

David Wood, V. Greener, D. P. Hampshire

Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

In a famous experiment, a magnet is levitated above a superconductor that has been cooled to 77 K in liquid nitrogen. Here we show that in this set-up, liquid oxygen drops form on the superconductor, drip upwards, hit the magnet and then boil.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	860-860
Number of pages	1
Journal	Nature
Volume	415
Issue number	6874
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/415860a
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2002

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