Handbook of Superconductivity by David A. Cardwell, David C. ... - 9780367689087

Handbook of SuperconductivityProcessing and Cryogenics, Volume Two\nAuthor(s): David A. Cardwell, David C. Larbalestier, Aleksander Braginski\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: CRC Press\nISBN-13: 9780367689087, 978-0367689087\nSynopsis\nThis is the second of three volumes of the extensively revised and updated second edition of the Handbook of Superconductivity. The past twenty years have seen rapid progress in superconducting materials, which exhibit one of the most remarkable physical states of matter ever to be discovered. Superconductivity brings quantum mechanics to the scale of the everyday world where a single, coherent quantum state may extend over a distance of metres, or even kilometres, depending on the size of a coil or length of superconducting wire. Viable applications of superconductors rely fundamentally on an understanding of this intriguing phenomena and the availability of a range of materials with bespoke properties .