The Meisner effect; persistent
currents; the Josephson effect. Several of the
phenomena of superconductivity are observed in
three experiments carried out in a liquid helium
cryostat. The transition to the superconducting
state of each of several bulk samples of Type
I and II superconductors is observed in measurements
of the exclusion of magnetic field (the Meisner
effect) from samples as the temperature is gradually
reduced by the flow of cold gas from boiling helium.
The persistence of a current
induced in a superconducting cylinder of lead
is demonstrated by measurements of its magnetic
field over a period of a day. The tunneling of
Cooper pairs through an insulating junction between
two superconductors (the DC Josephson effect)
is demonstrated, and the magnitude of the fluxoid
is measured by observation of the effect of a
magnetic field on the Josephson current.
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