Published December 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Is Nb3Si a 25 K superconductor

  • 1. Oxford Univ. (UK). Dept. of Engineering Science

Description

Nb3Si is predicted to have the highest superconducting critical temperature of all known A15 compounds, but it can only be prepared by non-equilibrium methods and resulting Tsub(c) values are disappointing. Experimental results on Nb3Si prepared by a variety of methods are reviewed. By analogy with Nb3Ge it is argued that Tsub(c) for stoichiometric fully ordered A15 Nb3Si should be 25 K. (author)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Cryogenics
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
12
Series
Cryogenics.
Journal Page Range
660-664
ISSN
0011-2275
CODEN
CRYOA

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
18055382
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; NIOBIUM SILICIDES; SUPERCONDUCTORS; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; VERY LOW TEMPERATURE
Descriptors DEC
ALLOYS; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SILICIDES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS