100 % conductive: Superconductors

On the 8th of April 1911, whilst observing mercury at the temperature of liquid helium -269°C, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered a new and surprising physics...

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On the 8th of April 1911, whilst observing mercury at the temperature of liquid helium -269°C, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered a new and surprising physics phenomenon: superconductivity!
This film treats the properties of superconductors, recent progress in research, and the existing and future applications of this extraordinary phenomenon.

Director: Alain Monclin
Scientific advisors: Julien Bobroff, Alain Sacuto, Jean-Michel Courty
Production: Institut de physique du CNRS, CNRS Images, Université Paris-Diderot
(2011, 11 min)
More information about the film: http://videotheque.cnrs.fr/index.php?urlaction=doc&id_doc=2745&langue=EN

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