Susannah Speller

A Materials Science Guide to Superconductors

And How to Make Them Super

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Superconductors capture the imagination with seemingly magical properties that allow them to carry electricity without losing any energy. This book tells how superconductors are designed and engineered on the nanoscale. It introduces what materials science is all about and why advanced materials have such importance for technological progress.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 177mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9780192858344
• ISBN-10: 0192858343
• Artikelnr.: 64544836

Autorenporträt

Susannah Speller is a Professor of Materials Science at the University of Oxford and a Fellow at St. Catherine's College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Meet the Family
2: Miraculous Magnets
3: Energy Essentials and Superconducting States
4: Levitation Magic
5: NbTi: The Wonderful Workhorse
6: Quirky Quantum Effects
7: Grain Boundaries: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
8: Battles with Brittleness
9: High Temperature Heroics
10: A Super Future?
Appendix A: Further Reading
Appendix B: Field Decay and Joint Resistance
Appendix C: Derivation of Condensation Energy
List of Symbols and Abbreviations
References
Index