Magnetic Permeability: Temperature Effects

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The discussion centers on the effects of temperature on magnetic permeability, specifically questioning whether it remains constant across varying temperatures, including superconducting conditions. Participants highlight the Meissner effect, which allows magnets to levitate, and discuss the limitations imposed by the permeability of free space on reluctance. The conversation also touches on the potential for using the Meissner effect to generate electricity, raising questions about the source of energy and the feasibility of detecting opposing magnetic fields in semiconductors.

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Is the superconductor in meissner effect able to completely repel external magnetic fields because it provides large magnetic reluctance(small permeability) thereby forcing the external flux to chose alternate paths of low reluctance as shown in case 1 electrical equivalent or is it because an equal and opposite field gets produced by current loops inside the superconductor(T<Tc) as shown by case 2 circuit
If it is case 2 then can this reaction field be harnessed by a coil for electricity ?
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One more thing i forgot to add, is magnetic permeability of a metal constant irrespective of its temperature including superconducting temperature ?
 
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The Meissner effect can make the magnet float, but the large reluctance seems unable to do this.

In addition, under the same size ratio, the maximum reluctance will be limited by the permeability of free space, unless we artificially reduce the relative permeability to less than 1.
 
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alan123hk said:
The Meissner effect can make the magnet float, but the large reluctance seems unable to do this.

In addition, under the same size ratio, the maximum reluctance will be limited by the permeability of free space, unless we artificially reduce the relative permeability to less than 1.
so the meissner effect is due to current loops followed by opposing magnetic fields created in the semiconductor ?
 
Narayanan KR said:
so the meissner effect is due to current loops followed by opposing magnetic fields created in the semiconductor ?
It seems that the situation is not far from what you said.

Narayanan KR said:
Can the coil use this reaction field to generate electricity?

In fact, I don't know much about how the Meissner effect works.
But if you want to use it to generate electricity, what do you think of its advantages and where the original energy comes from ?
 
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alan123hk said:
It seems that the situation is not far from what you said.
In fact, I don't know much about how the Meissner effect works.
But if you want to use it to generate electricity, what do you think of its advantages and where the original energy comes from ?
i guess the opposing field in the semiconductor is equal to external flux but never large enough to allow itself to be detected by a coil, it may have H but B=0
 

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