Comparison of the pressure dependences of Tc in the trivalent d-electron superconductors

Details Comparison of the pressure dependences of Tc in the trivalent d-electron superconductors Comparison of the pressure dependences of Tc in the trivalent d-electron superconductors

2008-06-18

arxiv.org/abs/0806.3407v1

Phys. Rev. B 78, 064519 (2008)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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Whereas dhcp La superconducts at ambient pressure with Tc = 5 K, the other trivalent d-electron metals Sc, Y, and Lu only superconduct if high pressures are applied. Earlier measurements of the pressure dependence of Tc for Sc and Lu metal are here extended to much higher pressures. Whereas Tc for Lu increases monotonically with pressure to 12.4 K at 174 GPa (1.74 Mbar). Tc for Sc reaches 19.6 K at 107 GPa, the 2nd highest value observed for any elemental superconductor. At higher pressures a phase transition occurs whereupon Tc drops to 8.31 K at 111 GPa. The Tc(P) dependences for Sc and Lu are compared to those of Y and La. An interesting correlation is pointed out between the value of Tc and the fractional free volume available to the conduction electrons outside the ion cores, a quantity which is directly related to the number of d electrons in the conduction band.

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