Superconductors in magnetic fields

[Danyon]

Does a superconductor experience any forces acting upon it when it is passed through a magnetic field?

 

[Hornbein]

Does a superconductor experience any forces acting upon it when it is passed through a magnetic field?

Yes, as evidenced by those videos of levitating superconductors.

 

[PhiowPhi]

Adding to that, if type II superconductors would have some of the flux lines passing through the material:

Let's assume there is current flowing within the conductor will it experience a Lorentz force($F_L$)? Is it equal to($IL \times B$)?

 

[radium]

The magnetic field will be expelled from the superconductor. It can only propagate within a distance called the London penetration depth. This is the meissner effect. The applied field in the interior is canceled by surface currents. In this sense, an sc is a perfect diamagnet, but the diamagnetism is different from ordinary materials.