Unlike high-temperature superconductors (copper oxide materials that superconduct at temperatures as high as 130 K), MgB2 seems to be a traditional superconductor, albeit a novel variant.

• 和高温超导体（主要成份为铜氧化合物，转变温度最高可达130K）不同的是，硼化镁虽然是个新登场的超导材料，看起来却很像传统超导体。