Edmund Scientific sells superconducting ceramic discs for educational laboratory
demonstrations. The kit includes a disk of YBaCu
O
, holder,
instructions and bibliography. Contact Edmund Scientific, 101 East
Gloucester Pike, Barrington,New Jersey 08007; telephone (609) 573-6250.
Sargent-Welch Scientific sells a superconductivity demonstration kit, which
includes experiments demonstrating the Meissner effect, zero-resistance
and quantum mechanical effects, and the variables of T, J
,
and H
.
Contact Sargent-Welch Scientific Company, 7300 N Linden Ave., Skokie
Illinois 67007; telephone (800) SARGENT.
Colorado Superconductor, Inc. sells several superconducting kits which
demonstrate the Meissner effect, as well as measurement of T,
H
, and
current density. Contact Colorado Superconductors Inc. at P.O. Box 8223, Fort Collins, Colorado 80526; telephone (303) 491-9106.
Futurescience, Inc. sells a variety of superconducting kits for classroom demonstration and student use. Kits fit nicely on your bookcase and hold the necessary items. One kit has a videotape with extensive safety content, simple cryogenic demonstrations, and examples of activities that can be performed with other kits. Contact Futurescience, P. O. Box 17179, Colorado Springs, CO, 80935, 303-797-2933, 719-634-0185, Fax 719-633-3438
CeraNova Corporation produces helical coils of YBCO. These coils are useful in laboratory superconductivity demonstrations, especially where high resistances above liquid nitrogen temperatures are needed. Contact CeraNova at 14 Menfi Way, Hopedale, MA 01747; phone or fax (508) 473-3200
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