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* Power transmission (currently between 10 to 15% of power is dissipated due to resistive loses, reducing this to zero would eliminate power loss and increase efficiency throughout the power grid)
 
* Power transmission (currently between 10 to 15% of power is dissipated due to resistive loses, reducing this to zero would eliminate power loss and increase efficiency throughout the power grid)
 
* Superconducting magnetic storage (SMES - devices able to store DC electricity indefinitely, could see extensive use in [[solar cells]]).
 
* Superconducting magnetic storage (SMES - devices able to store DC electricity indefinitely, could see extensive use in [[solar cells]]).
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==Further reading==
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* Hazen, Robert M. ''The Breakthrough: The Race for the Superconductor'' (1989)
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*  Hoddeson, Lillian, et al. ''Fermilab: Physics, the Frontier, and Megascience'' (2008), 512pp
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* Lampton, Christopher. ''Superconductors'' (1996) 89pp, for middle schools
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