Tuesday, May 5, 2009

The superconducting hula hoop

Todays lecture on the phase diagrams of carbon and superconductivity went very well, at least from my point of view. My barometer is how many questions students have, particularly ones that show they are really trying to understand what is going on.
The students loved these videos of superconductors that Julien Bobroff has made.

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