Published December 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Mechanical properties of FeSex superconductor

  • 1. Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15.051, 91.501-970, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
  • 2. Departamento de Fisica, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Av. Gen. Carlos Cavalcanti 4748, 84.030-000, Ponta Grossa, Parana (Brazil)

Description

In the present work hardness and elastic modulus of FeSex superconductor are reported. Two different groups of polycrystalline samples were produced by a conventional solid-state reaction. One group presented superconductor behavior with TC < 8 K while another showed semiconducting behavior. Hardness and elastic modulus were 1.3 GPa and 42 GPa, respectively, for both groups. Also, no cracking was produced by indentations. This does not exclude this material have low fracture toughness as observed in other intermetallic compounds.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2009.11.153

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physc.2009.11.153;
PII
S0921-4534(09)00870-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. C, Superconductivity
Journal Volume
470
Journal Issue
Suppl.1
Journal Page Range
p. S411-S412
ISSN
0921-4534
CODEN
PHYCE6

Conference

Title
9. international conference on materials and mechanisms of superconductivity
Dates
7-12 Sep 2009
Place
Tokyo (Japan)

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