Meissner effect

expulsion of a magnetic field from a superconductor during its transition to the superconducting state
Thing phenomenon Q220620
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Meissner effect

Summary

Meissner effect is a phenomenon[1]. It draws 393 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #48 of 290).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meissner effect is credited with the discovery of Walther Meissner[3].
  • Meissner effect is credited with the discovery of Robert Ochsenfeld[4].
  • Meissner effect's video is recorded as YBCO video.webm[5].
  • Meissner effect's image is recorded as Quantum locking.jpg[6].
  • Meissner effect's instance of is recorded as phenomenon[7].
  • Walther Meissner is named after Meissner effect[8].
  • Meissner effect's GND ID is recorded as 4330647-0[9].
  • Meissner effect's Commons category is recorded as Meissner effect[10].
  • Meissner effect's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1933-00-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Meissner effect's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0dh44[12].
  • Meissner effect's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Meissner effect[13].
  • Meissner effect's Commons gallery is recorded as Meissner effect[14].
  • Meissner effect's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0282167[15].
  • Meissner effect's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Meissner-effect[16].
  • Meissner effect's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2201333[17].
  • Meissner effect's Quora topic ID is recorded as Meissner-Effect[18].
  • Meissner effect's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as meissnereffekt[19].
  • Meissner effect's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "MeissnerEffect"][20].
  • Meissner effect's schematic is recorded as EfektMeisnera.svg[21].
  • Meissner effect's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 10874694[22].
  • Meissner effect's Lex ID is recorded as Meissner-effekt[23].
  • Meissner effect's IEV number is recorded as 815-10-12[24].
  • Meissner effect's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 마이스너 효과[25].
  • Meissner effect's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C10874694[26].
  • Meissner effect's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as chemistry/meissner-effect[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Walther Meissner[3], a physicist[28], 1882–1974[29], of Germany[30], awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit[31], specialised in physics[32] and Robert Ochsenfeld[4], a physicist[33], 1901–1993[34], of Germany[35].

Why It Matters

Meissner effect draws 393 Wikipedia views per month (phenomenon category, ranking #48 of 290).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] . Quora. wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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