The levitating superconductor

Title:
The levitating superconductor
Speaker:
Boaz Almog
Description:

How can a super-thin 3-inch disk levitate something 70,000 times its own weight? In a riveting demonstration, Boaz Almog shows how a phenomenon known as quantum locking allows a superconductor disk to float over a magnetic rail -- completely frictionlessly and with zero energy loss. Experiment: Prof. Guy Deutscher, Mishael Azoulay, Boaz Almog, of the High Tc Superconductivity Group, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
10:25
Format: HTML5
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