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34.6 High-temperature Superconductors – College Physics
Summary
Identify superconductors and their uses.
Discuss the need for a high-Tc superconductor.
Superconductors are materials with a resistivity of zero. They are familiar to the general public because of their practical applications and have been mentioned...
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Brookhaven’s Computing Center Reaches 300 Petabytes of Stored Data
Largest compilation of nuclear and particle physics data in the U.S., all easily accessible — with plans for much morePart of the team that manages the tape storage library at the Scientific Data and...
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Promising designs for nuclear power reactors using molten salt
Associate Professor Michael Short (right) and postdoc Dr. Weiyue Zhou attach a novel test chamber containing a metal sample and salt to the end of a proton accelerator. Experiments to date show...
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Surface Energy: Definition, Example, and Equation
Surface energy is the energy required to increase the surface area of a material. It arises from the imbalance of molecular forces at the surface compared to those within the material. Molecules inside a...