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MENTAL MODEL · M4332

The Meissner Effect

The Meissner Effect
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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

Discovered by Walther Meissner and Robert Ochsenfeld. When a material transitions into the superconducting state it expels magnetic field lines from its interior, so the internal field becomes zero. This expulsion is an active response rather than merely the persistence of zero resistance, and it is what enables magnetic levitation. Zero resistance and perfect diamagnetism are distinct properties, and both vanish above the critical temperature or field.

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Below the critical temperature, electrons pair and move without scattering, and the material responds to an external field by generating surface currents that cancel the field inside. The expulsion is an active adjustment rather than a passive absence of resistance. Above the critical temperature or field, the pairing breaks and both superconductivity and the expulsion vanish at once.

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