Abstract
A SPHERICAL single crystal of tin was placed in a magnetic field at a temperature below TK. The electrical conductivity was determined (by measuring the current in a supraconducting circuit) for various directions of the current with regard to the magnetic field. It was found that the sphere remained supraconducting in the direction of the field up to field-strengths very nearly equal to HK. In the direction perpendicular to the field, supraconductivity vanishes at field strengths near 2/3 Hk. In other directions supraconductivity is destroyed in the interval of field-strength between 2/3 Hk and Hk.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
de Haas and Guineau, Physica, 3, 182 (1936).
Peierls, Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 155, 613 (1936).
Landau, Sow. Phys., in the Press.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
SHUBNIKOV, L., NAKHUTIN, I. Electrical Conductivity of a Supraconducting Sphere in the Intermediate State. Nature 139, 589–590 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139589b0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/139589b0
- Springer Nature Limited
This article is cited by
-
Experimental Study of the Magnetic Field Distribution and Shape of Domains Near the Surface of a Type-I Superconductor in the Intermediate State
Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism (2020)