Empirical Relation between Superconductivity and the Number of Valence Electrons per Atom

B. T. Matthias
Phys. Rev. 97, 74 – Published 1 January 1955
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The relation between the transition temperature of a superconductor and its number of valence electrons/atom has been investigated. Optimum conditions for the occurrence of superconductivity seem to exist for 5 and 7 valence electrons/atom.

  • Received 28 September 1954

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.97.74

©1955 American Physical Society

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B. T. Matthias

  • Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey

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Vol. 97, Iss. 1 — January 1955

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