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Superconductivity - unlimited currents?

Superconducting materials are said to have zero resistance. Not 'close to zero' – but actually zero. I’m probably missing something, but doesn’t that imply that they can carry unlimited currents? It doesn’t seem very believable -  it would mean a thin superconducting wire could happily carry the output from all the power stations on Earth put together . . . Are there limits? If so what are they?

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  • Asked by martin_g
  • on 2011-01-04 19:58:45
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Categories: Technology.

Tags: electricity, superconductors.

 

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