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Superconductivity: A new window on plutonium’s complexity

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Superconductivity has recently been discovered in a plutonium intermetallic compound (PuCoGa5) at the surprisingly high temperature of 18.5 K. This article discusses the motivation that led to this discovery as well as what it implies for the understanding of both unconventional superconductivity and the metallurgy of plutonium.

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    J. L. Sarrao, L. A. Morales & J. D. Thompson

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For more information, contact J.L. Sarrao, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MST-10: Condensed Matter & Thermal Physics, Mail Stop K764, Los Alamos, NM 87545; (505) 665-0481; fax (505) 665-7652; e-mail sarrao@lanl.gov.

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Sarrao, J.L., Morales, L.A. & Thompson, J.D. Superconductivity: A new window on plutonium’s complexity. JOM 55, 38–40 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-003-0028-8

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