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Mutual inductance measurements of the superconductive transitions occurring in single-crystal and polycrystalline cadmium samples in magnetic fields of 0–10−4 T (0–1G) are presented. The temperature at which the zero-field superconductive transition midpoints occur appears to be constant within ±0.2 mK for transitions narrower than 2 mK, butT c increases for broader transitions. The transitions exhibited both narrowing and hysteresis, the latter perhaps due to supercooling, in fields of a few tenths of a gauss.T c has been measured as 0.515±0.002 5 K on theT 62 temperature scale.
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Schooley, J.F. Superconductive transition in cadmium. J Low Temp Phys 12, 421–437 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00654948
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