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Science 6 May 1966:
Vol. 152. no. 3723, pp. 755 - 757
DOI: 10.1126/science.152.3723.755
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Superconductivity of Alpha-Uranium and the Role of 5f Electrons

T. H. Geballe 1, B. T. Matthias 2, K. Andres 3, E. S. Fisher 4, T. F. Smith 5, and W. H. Zachariasen 6

1 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey
2 Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey, and University of California, La Jolla
3 Bell Telephone Laboratories Murray Hill, New Jersey
4 Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois
5 University of California, La Jolla
6 University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

A much sharper and lower superconducting transition has been found for agr-uranium than any reported previously. A model that explains the unusual volume dependence of agr-uranium below 43°K and the unusual pressure dependence of its superconducting transition temperature is presented.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Superconductivity of Alpha Uranium.
B. W. Howlett and B. T. Matthias (1966)
Science 154, 542-543
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