superconductors, superconductivity, Jacob Eapen, Hopewell Junior School, West Chester, Cincinnati, Ohio, ceramics, kelvin scale, absolute zero, throttling process, high temperature superconductors, 1-2-3 superconductors, superconducting magnetic energy storage, smes, josephson junctions, magnetic resonance imaging, mri, superconducting quantum interference device, squid, magnetically levitated trains, maglev trains
Are Superconductors the Future?
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| The MLX01, a "maglev" train using superconductors, reached the record high speed of 550 kmh on December 24, 1997. (graphic courtesy of Railway Technical Research Institute.) |
by Jacob Eapen
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