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What is it about cold temperatures that makes something superconductive?


The hand waviest simplest answer i can think of is... basically quantum effects dominate and require that the background thermal noise be eliminated to be pervasive.

Its like trying to juggle on a top of a moving plane - the balls won't really do what you want with 300mph winds blowing. Go inside on steady ground and your tosses are the dominant forces on the balls.




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