Influence of Microstructure on the Superconductivity of a Dilute Ti-Mo Alloy
Abstract
Low-temperature specific-heat studies have shown that the superconducting transitions of thermally and mechanically induced martensitic structures, in quenched Ti-Mo (4 1/2 at.%), occur in the range 2.5-3.2°K, compared to an estimated 0.5°K for the undistorted material. It is concluded that these thermal and deformation martensites are examples of structures in which "soft-phonon" modes are operative to increase Tc above what would be expected for unfaulted lattices of similar compositions.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- June 1970
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.1.4289
- Bibcode:
- 1970PhRvB...1.4289C