Meissner Effect, The

Synopsis

The Meissner effect is shown by levitation of a small permanent magnet over a super-conducting dish. It is demonstrated that a magnet will levitate over a sufficiently thick dish but not over a very thin dish over which it will float but not levitate.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 20 min.

Year of production

1982

Availability

Sale

Uses

To complement lectures on superconductivity at undergraduate level.*

Subjects

Physics

Keywords

Meissner effect; superconducting magnets

Credits

Director

J F Allen

Producer

J F Allen

Writer

J F Allen

Contributor

J G M Armitage

Cast

J F Allen

Distributor

Name

University of St Andrews, Department of Physics & Astronomy