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Consider a material which is superconducting below Tc.

If the temperature is initially above Tc, application of


a steady magnetic field will result in full penetration
of the field into the material. If the temperature is now reduced
below Tc, the internal field must disappear. When a material makes the transi
tion
from the normal to superconducting state, it actively excludes magnetic
fields from its interior, this is called the Meissner effect

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