Uploaded February 2018 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How to make and test your own pieces of YBCO superconductor.

Best how-to resources for YBCO:
physlab.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Superconductor_manual1.pdf

futurescience.com/scpart1.html

pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ed078p1182.1 -- I couldn't get this to work.

All chemical purchased on eBay.

The kiln that I used: sheffield-pottery.com/PARAGON-QUIKFIRE-6-KILN-p/pqf6.htm

Colored ferrofluid: amazon.com/Emerald-Green-Ferrofluid-60ml-Display/dp/B015WNU9NM

Pax temperature logger: paxinstruments.com/products/sku927

Keithly SMU: tek.com/keithley-source-measure-units/keithley-smu-2400-series-sourcemeter



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