superconductivity Turns 10

1986 - First HTS discovery : lanthanum-barium-copper-oxide by
Bednorz and Muller Tc=35K

10/1986 - Lanthanum-strontium-copper-oxide HTS
Tc=38K

1987 Yttrium-barium-copper-oxide HTS
Tc=93K

6/1987 Woodstock of physics APS meeting

8/1987 HTS thin films made

1988 Thallium Barium-calcium-copper-oxide HTS
TC=125K

7/1988 Bismuth-strontium-calcium-oxide HTS
Tc=110K

1989 BSCCO/silver HTS wire made

1991 HTS motor reaches
useful power output : 0.03 horsepower

1992 1meter HTS cable conductor made

1993 Mercury-barium-calcium-copper-oxide HTS
Tc=134K

8/1993 Mercury compound put under pressure
Tc=164K

1994 Tricrystal ring
experiment supports magnetic paired electrons as HTS mechanism

1995 HTS transformer built

1995 Flexibble YBCO wire conducts 1
million A/cm^2

1996 50meter underground HTS power cable built

1996 200 horse power HTS motor demonstrated.

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