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Superconductivity of vapour quenched beryllium and beryllium-based alloys

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Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter

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The properties of Be films, quench-condensed upon a3He cooled substrate, have been investigated by resistance and tunneling measurements. The superconducting transition temperature,T c , of Be films increased with thickness and a thick film limit of 9.95 K could be estimated. Alloying with Al or Pb decreasedT c. The ratios between energy gaps andT c 's indicated that Be is a weak coupling superconductor, and no phonon induced structure could be traced in tunneling curves neither in pure Be nor in the Be based alloys. Resistance change during annealing as well as superconducting data indicated that the vapour quenched Be films were amorphous as deposited.

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Granqvist, C.G., Claeson, T. Superconductivity of vapour quenched beryllium and beryllium-based alloys. Z Physik B 20, 13–20 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01313906

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