Materials that display superconductivity as described by BCS theory or its extensions
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Conventional superconductors are materials that display superconductivity as described by BCS theory or its extensions. This is in contrast to unconventional superconductors, which do not. Conventional superconductors can be either type-I or type-II.
Most elemental superconductors are conventional. Niobium and vanadium are type-II, while most other elemental superconductors are type-I. Critical temperatures of some elemental superconductors:
Element
Tc (K)
Al
1.20
Hg
4.15
Mo
0.92
Nb
9.26
Pb
7.19
Sn
3.72
Ta
4.48
Ti
0.39
V
5.30
Zn
0.88
Most compound and alloy superconductors are type-II materials. The most commonly used conventional superconductor in applications is a niobium-titanium alloy - this is a type-II superconductor with a superconducting critical temperature of 11 K. The highest critical temperature so far achieved in a conventional superconductor was 39 K (-234 °C) in magnesium diboride.
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