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Measurements of the resistivity, susceptibility and specific heat are reported which clearly show that the hexagonal compound UNi2Al3 is a heavy-fermion magnet belowT N=4.6 K and a heavy-fermion superconductor belowT c=1 K.
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On leave from Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences PL-50-950, Wroclaw 2, Poland
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Geibel, C., Thies, S., Kaczorowski, D. et al. A new heavy-fermion superconductor: UNi2Al3 . Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 83, 305–306 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313397
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