Making YBCO superconductor

2018-02-25

[public] 550K views, 14.7K likes, 192 dislikes audio only

How to make and test your own pieces of YBCO superconductor.

Best how-to resources for YBCO:

http://physlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Superconductor_manual1.pdf

http://www.futurescience.com/scpart1.html

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ed078p1182.1 -- I couldn't get this to work.

All chemical purchased on eBay.

The kiln that I used: https://www.sheffield-pottery.com/PARAGON-QUIKFIRE-6-KILN-p/pqf6.htm

Colored ferrofluid: https://www.amazon.com/Emerald-Green-Ferrofluid-60ml-Display/dp/B015WNU9NM/

Pax temperature logger: http://paxinstruments.com/products/sku927/

Keithly SMU: https://www.tek.com/keithley-source-measure-units/keithley-smu-2400-series-sourcemeter

Applied Science on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AppliedScience