 Europium becomes a superconductor when it is cooled below 1 @.@ 8 K and compressed to above 80 GPa . This is because europium is divalent in the metallic state , and is converted into the trivalent state by the applied pressure . In the divalent state , the strong local magnetic moment ( J 
 Europium <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>becomes</mark></a> a superconductor when it is cooled below 1 @.@ 8 K and compressed to above 80 GPa . This is because europium <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>is</mark></a>divalent in the metallic state , and is converted into the trivalent state by the applied pressure . In the divalent state , the strong local magnetic moment ( J 
Europium become a superconductor when it is cooled below 1 @.@ 8 K and compressed to above 80 GPa . dis is becuz europium divalent in da metallic state , and is converted into the trivalent state by the applied pressure . In the divalent state , the strong local magnetic moment ( J