Superconducting phase diagram of li metal in nearly hydrostatic pressures up to 67 gpa

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Deemyad, Shanti ^a   Schilling, James S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

CRITICAL FIELDS;

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0344036313     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.167001     Document Type: Article

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