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  title info:
    non sort: A
    title: materials science guide to superconductors and how to make them super
  name:
    name part: Speller, Susannah
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2022
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xi, 215 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 25 cm.
  abstract: Superconductors capture the imagination with seemingly magical properties that allow them to carry electricity without losing any energy at all. They are however, extraordinarily difficult materials to work with. In this book, Susannah Speller explores the astonishing variety of superconducting materials and the rich science behind optimizing their performance for use in different applications. Readers will discover how diverse superconducting materials and their applications are, from the metallic alloys used in the Large Hadron Collider to the thin film superconductors that will be crucial for quantum computers. This book tells about how even the simplest superconductors have to be carefully designed and engineered on the nanometer scale. Along the way, the reader will be introduced to what materials science is all about and why advanced materials have such widespread importance for technological progress. With 'Wider View' and 'Under the Lens' sections, Speller provides an accessible and illuminating exploration of superconductors and their place in the modern world.
  table of contents: Meet the Family -- Miraculous Magnets -- Energy Essentials and Superconducting States -- Levitation Magic -- NbTi: The Wonderful Workhorse -- Quirky Quantum Effects -- Grain Boundaries: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- Battles with Brittleness -- High Temperature Heroics -- A Super Future?
  note: Susannah Speller, University of Oxford.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-210) and index.
  note: Silver Taps, in memory of Dylan Kanoa Miyamoto, September 27, 2023.
  subject:
    topic: Superconductors
  classification: 620.11
  identifier: 0192858343
  identifier: 9780192858344
  identifier: 0192858351
  identifier: 9780192858351
  identifier: 2022932687
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    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 220126
    record change date: 20240501153416.0
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