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by Ciro Santilli (@cirosantilli, 37)

Yttrium barium copper oxide (YBCO)

 ... Condensed matter physics Electrical resistivity and conductivity Superconductivity Type of superconductor High-temperature superconductivity List of High-temperature superconductors
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Tags: Barium compound, Copper compound
Upside: superconducting above 92K, which is above the 77K of liquid nitrogen, and therefore much much cheaper to obtain and maintain than liquid helium.
Downside: it is brittle, so how do you make wires out of it? Still, can already be used in certain circuits, e.g. high temperature SQUID devices.

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