Consider the main families of superconducting materials discussed in this chapter: elemental metals, intermetallic compounds, fullerenes, organic

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Consider the main families of superconducting materials discussed in this chapter: elemental metals, intermetallic compounds, fullerenes, organic conductors, cuprates, and iron pnictides.

(a) State the highest Tc (in K) observed in each of the different families.

(b) Order the six families in ascending order of the year in which superconductivity was first discovered.

(c) In which families does BCS theory provide a reasonable description for superconductivity?

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Solid State Materials Chemistry

ISBN: 9780521873253

1st Edition

Authors: Patrick M. Woodward, Pavel Karen, John S. O. Evans, Thomas Vogt

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