Superconductivity: The Transition Temperature Peak Below Four Electrons per Atom

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1 September 1970

journal article
research article
Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Vol. 67 (1), 313-319
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.67.1.313

Abstract

It is shown that the superconducting transition temperature for compounds in seven different structure types exhibits a peak at about 3.7 to 3.9 valence electrons per atom.

Keywords

STRUCTURE
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
ELECTRONS PER ATOM
SEVEN
COMPOUNDS
VALENCE
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
TEMPERATURE PEAK

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