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← ScienceWhich mechanism causes flux pinning throughout superconducting yttrium barium copper oxide?
A)Quantum entanglement stabilizes electron pairs
B)Magnetic vortices become trapped by defects✓
C)Increased phonon vibration resists flux
D)Atomic spacing inhibits Cooper pair tunneling
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External magnetic fields generate magnetic vortices which are then captured as flux penetrates the type-II superconductor by flux pinning because defects in the crystal lattice serve as trapping centers; therefore, the magnetic flux is immobilized, rather than freely flowing through the material as would occur without pinning.
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