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. 1970 Sep;67(1):313–319. doi: 10.1073/pnas.67.1.313

Superconductivity: The Transition Temperature Peak Below Four Electrons per Atom

A S Cooper 1, E Corenzwit 1, L D Longinotti 1, B T Matthias 1,*,, W H Zachariasen 1,†,
PMCID: PMC283205  PMID: 16591858

Abstract

It is shown that the superconducting transition temperature for compounds in seven different structure types exhibits a peak at about 3.7 to 3.9 valence electrons per atom.

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