Published April 15, 1991 | Version v1
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Impurity effects in superconducting UPt3

Creators

  • 1. The Harrison M. Randall Laboratory of Physics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (USA)
  • 2. Natuurkundig Laboratorium der Universiteit van Amsterdam, Valckenierstraat 65, 1018 XE Amsterdam, The Netherlands (USA)
  • 3. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (USA)

Description

Superconducting UPt3 is characterized by a novel and complex magnetic field-temperature phase diagram, with two superconducting transitions at Tc1 and Tc2 in zero field. We have studied the effects of Pd and Y impurities on the zero field superconducting properties of UPt3. Resistance measurements show that both dopants increase the residual resistivity and decrease the spin fluctuation temperature in the normal state. Tc1 is depressed by both dopants, but more effectively by Pd. |Tc1 - Tc2| is essentially unaffected by Y doping, but increases dramatically with Pd doping

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal Volume
69
Journal Issue
8
Series
J. Appl. Phys.
Journal Page Range
5487-5489
ISSN
0021-8979
CODEN
JAPIA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
22075802
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMPURITIES; PALLADIUM ADDITIONS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PLATINUM ALLOYS; POLYCRYSTALS; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; URANIUM ALLOYS; YTTRIUM ADDITIONS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE ALLOYS; ALLOYS; CRYSTALS; DIAGRAMS; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; INFORMATION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PLATINUM METAL ALLOYS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES