Chapter 12, Problem 34QP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The way in which the Meissner effect is applied in the real world is to be explained, and the engineering challenges to its application with the current superconductors are also to be explained.

Concept introduction:

Superconductors are materials that have zero resistance and can conduct electricity.

Superconductors exhibit the Meissner effect, which is the exclusion of magnetic fields in the substance’s volume.

The temperature below which an element, compound, or material becomes superconducting is called superconducting transition temperature $T_c$.

Superconductors at or below superconducting transition temperature ${\text{(T}}_{\text{C}})$ exhibit the Meissner effect.