SUPERCONDUCTORS: A BIBLIOGRAPHIC STUDY

Abstract

Superconductors are an area of great interest in physics, due to theri unusal nature and potencial. Since their discovery in 1911, several scientists have researched the subject, making several discoveries, from superconductors that only need liquid nitrogen to work, to, supposedly, a superconductor that works at room temperature. One of the main characteristics of superconductors is their tendency to repel magnetic fields. The way superconductors interact with magnetic fields is the principle behind many of the ways superconductors are used today, from magnetic levitation trains, MRI machines to devices that measure magnetic fields very accurately. However, working with superconductors is quite difficult due to their nature of only working at low temperatures, scientists have been looking for years for more efficient ways to use superconductors.