Inorganic Materials, 2nd Edition
Contributors: Duncan W. Bruce (Editor, Author); Dermot O'Hare (Editor, Author)
Edition: 2 Sub edition
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: October 22, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 610
ISBN-13: 9780471960355
Subjects: Inorganic chemistry; Materials science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Materials; Chemical Properties Of Materials; Materials For Engineering; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Superconductors; Chemistry - Inorganic; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Material Science; Science / Chemistry / Inorganic; Inorganic compounds
First sentence: Since the discovery of superconductivity in mercury by Kammerlingh-Onnes in 1911 until the early nineteen seventies, only elements or metal alloys were proven to exhibit this incredible property: namely that below a given temperature, called the critical temperature Tc, the material has zero resistivity.