Can a magnet ever touch the surface of a perfect superconductor?

Subject: Can a magnet ever touch the surface of a perfect superconductor?

Date: Sat Mar 6 11:44:17 2004
Posted by Craig Young
Grade level: 10-12 School: Langley Grammar School
City: Slough State/Province: Berkshire Country: UK
Area of science: Physics
ID: 1078595057.Ph

Message:


As magnets are repelled from superconductors due to the Meissner Effect, can a 
magnet ever touch the surface of a perfect superconductors, no matter how much 
force is applied to try to make the magnet touch the perfect superconductor?

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