Introduction to Superconductivity

Duration: 48 min

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1967

Creator: Michigan State University. Instructional Media Center

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Credits: Direction: Edward P. McCoy; Script: Dr. Alfred Leitner; Photography: G. Wm. Hughes, Jack J. Leonard; Sound: Harry Howard; Animation: Tom Tryon; Production Assistant: J. Leonard; Demonstrations: Alfred Leitner; Assistant: J. Kolata.

Description: Director and cameraman, G. William Hughes Presents a demonstration, discussion, and explanation of experiments showing the disappearance of electrical resistance in superconductors, transition temperature and the effect of magnetic fields on the transition, the expulsion of magnetic flux on transition (Meissner effect), shielding currents, a floating magnet, persistent current, and energy gap by an electron tunneling junction experiment

Complete Record: An Introduction To Superconductivity. Alfred Leitner & Board Of Trustees, Michigan State University. Made By Instructional Materials Center. 48 Min., Sd., B&W, 16 Mm. Produced With A Grant From The National Science Foundation. © Alfred Leitner & Board Of Trustees, Michigan State University; 19oct66 (In Notice: 1965); Mp16405.

Metadata Source:Representative University Produced Films 1964-1967 (Journal of the University Film Producers Association, Vol.19 No.3/4, 1967)