Superconductivity of epsilon-Fe: complete resistive transition

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2002-05-27

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0205557v1

Physics Letters A, Vol. 299 (2-3) (2002) pp. 282-286.

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

4 pages, 4 figures. To be published in Physics Letters A

Scientific paper

Last year, iron was reported to become superconducting at temperatures below 2K and pressures between 15 and 30 GPa. The evidence presented was a weak resistivity drop, suppressed by a magnetic field above 0.2 T, and a small Meissner signal. However, a compelling demonstration, such as the occurrence of zero resistance, was lacking. Here we report the measurement of a complete resistive transition at 22.2 GPa with an onset slightly above 2 K in two very pure samples of iron, of different origins. The superconductivity appears unusually sensitive to disorder, developing only when the electronic mean free path is above a threshold value, while the normal state resistivity is characteristic of a nearly ferromagnetic metal.

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