How do you make a superconductor?

Answer 1

To make an yttrium-barium-copper-oxide superconductor, you will need:* Yttrium Oxide* Barium Carbonate (TOXIC)* Cupric Oxide* A Laboratory Furnace or a converted pottery kiln. * Labware made of alumina. * An Oxygen Source* Liquid Nitrogen and a rare-earth magnet for testing and demonstrating the superconductors. Method:There are a number of methods of producing ceramic superconductors like this, but the simplest is the so-called â??shake and bakeâ?? method, which involves a four step process:1. Mixing the chemicals;2. Calcination(the initial firing);3. The intermediate firing(s) (oxygen annealings);4. The final oxygen annealing.