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Electric Supra-Conduction in Metals *

Nature volume 130, pages 879–886 (1932)Cite this article

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THE discussion at the York meeting of the British Association on the electric supra-conductivity of metals was opened by a reference to the classical experiments of Dewar and Fleming1 made in 1893 on the electrical conductivity of metals cooled to very low temperatures by means of liquefied gases, including air and hydrogen. These yielded results suggesting that the electrical resistances of all pure metals would vanish at the absolute zero of temperature.

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McLENNAN, J. Electric Supra-Conduction in Metals *. Nature 130, 879–886 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130879a0

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