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The electrical resistivity of protactinium metal has been measured between 0.90 and 300 K. The absolute value of the resistivity is between that of thorium and uranium, with ρ 298 =19.28 µ Ω-cm. A change in slope of the resistivity was observed at 103 K and remains unexplained. No superconductivity was observed down to 0.9 K. The resistivity ratio ρ 273 /ρ o was 9.27, showing the sample to be reasonably pure.
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Hall, R.O.A., Lee, J.A. & Mortimer, M.J. The electrical resistivity of protactinium metal. J Low Temp Phys 27, 305–311 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00654651
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