10. The appropriate amounts of precursor powders, usually oxides
and carbonates, are mixed thoroughly using a Ball mill.
thermochemical reaction involving mixing, calcination and
sintering.
superconductors in solid-state
11. Above the temperature of 30 K that had
historically been taken as the upper limit
allowed by BCS theory. This is also above
the 1973 record of 23 K that had lasted
until copper-oxide materials were
discovered in 1986.
Having a transition temperature that is a
larger fraction of the Fermi temperature
than for conventional superconductors
such as elemental mercury or lead. This
definition encompasses a wider variety
of unconventional superconductors and
is used in the context of theoretical
models